NNPA NEWSWIRE — In 2022, Russia has decimated Ukraine and left 40 million people without water, food, heat, and a place to sleep. As Ukraine and...
THE BURTON WIRE — The North African Country of Sudan is in crisis. After the forced and successful removal of president Omar al-Bashir, who had ruled with...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This report should serve as a wakeup call to the world. We won’t meet the [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs with 40% of girls...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Around 60 million children across the continent suffer from it. Not the mildly uncomfortable hunger that comes from skipping the odd meal, but...
BABACAR DIONE, Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The former dictator of Chad, Hissene Habre, said Tuesday he will win in his war crimes trial. The...
(BBC) – Chad’s ex-leader Hissene Habre has been held down by masked security officers in the courtroom at the resumption of his trial for war crimes...
Dany Padire, ASSOCIATED PRESS N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad executed by firing squad 10 members of Boko Haram on Saturday, the security minister said,...
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram has a new commander willing to negotiate with Nigeria’s new government, Chad’s President Idriss Deby announced...
(BBC) – Chad’s military says it has carried out airstrikes in neighbouring Nigeria on suspected positions of militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The strikes were in...
Dany Padire, ASSOCIATED PRESS N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Suicide bombers on motorcycles simultaneously attacked two buildings including the national police academy in Chad’s capital...
DALATOU MAMANE, Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Soldiers fended off an attack on a border town in Niger by Boko Haram and destroyed a base...
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI, Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Hundreds of civilians, including many children, have been abducted and are being used...
(All Africa) – Just a day after launching a joint offensive against the terrorist group Boko Haram in Nigerian territory, Niger and Chadian forces recaptured...
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram militants are rampaging through northeast Nigerian villages and selectively killing men, boys and members of the...
KRISTA LARSON, Associated Press BAGA SOLA, Chad (AP) — Kellou Abakar knew she was in trouble as the contractions started not long after an Islamic extremist...
Edwin Kindzeka Moki, ASSOCIATED PRESS YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Thousands of Cameroonian youths marched through the capital Saturday to show support for the military’s battle...
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Niger, Chad and Cameroon are seeking to pin down Boko Haram within Nigeria’s borders ahead of a ground-and-air offensive by a regional...
Edwin Kindzeka Moki and Krista Larson, ASSOCIATED PRESS YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The Nigeria-based terror group Boko Haram on Monday threatened neighboring countries Niger and...
DANY PADIRE, Associated Press KRISTA LARSON, Associated Press MOUNDOU, Chad (AP) — Suspected Boko Haram militants staged their first attack in Chad on Friday, hitting the...
DALATOU MAMONE, Associated Press EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI, Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Islamic extremists from Nigeria attacked a town inside the neighboring country of Niger...
(BBC) – Chad’s army says it has killed more than 200 militant Islamists and lost nine men during a battle to recapture a key town in...
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press LEKAN OYEKANMI, Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Chad sent a warplane dropping bombs and ground troops to drive Islamic extremists from...
(BBC) – AU commission chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said the threat posed by the Islamist group required a “collective, effective and decisive response”. Boko Haram has...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has deployed 80 military personnel to Chad to help locate the nearly 300 girls kidnapped in Nigeria last month,...
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network Mar. 5 (GIN) – Bombardments of presumed strongholds of the Al Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb militia...
