Regional News
Bomb Blast Kills 1, Injures 7 in Borno, Northeast Nigeria
A devastating bomb blast has rocked the Kofa Biyu area of Konduga Local Government Area in Borno State. The explosion, caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), occurred on Monday, August 18, 2025, around 5 pm, killing one and injured seven.
It is essential to develop a communication plan to counter terror, radicalism and violent extremism in G5 Sahel region
A meeting to discuss and develop an action plan – the 2022-2024 Communication Strategy – among the G5 Sahel countries was held in Bamako, Mali, from November 8 to 10. […]
Boko Haram kill four people in a village in Cameroon, then head back to Nigeria
Four civilians were killed and four others wounded in an extremist attack on Wednesday night on the Tourou township of Mokolo in the Far North region of Cameroon. The attackers […]
Cameroon: Economic development plan to benefit five million people, including 341,000 internally displaced persons
One in four households is food insecure in the Far North region of Cameroon and, of the 341, 000 internally displaced persons who live there, 38.2% suffer from chronic malnutrition, […]
Residents flee for their lives as ISWAP attacks village in Askira-Uba
A hospital, schools and houses were burnt – and many residents had to flee into the bush, fearing for their lives – when suspected members of the Islamic State West […]
Action plan to raise the standards of teaching and learning in Sahel countries
Education is said to be the key to economic, social and environmental progress, yet more than 10.5 million children in the Sahel countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Senegal […]
More than 12 million children are too afraid to go to school in Nigeria because of extremist attacks
More than 12 million children are traumatised and refuse to go to school because they are just too afraid they will be kidnapped, abducted or even killed. Nigeria President Muhammadu […]
Lake Chad Basin countries rely on the stabilisation and recovery of Maiduguri’s economy
Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in Nigeria, has always played a key role in the economy of the Lake Chad Basin, even though the city was also a Jamā’at […]
Boko Halal: Teach peace, not war
Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin is a remarkable woman – an educator, gender activist, author, human rights defender and a peace maker. She is also the founder and chief executive of the […]
Eight-month pregnant woman among 15 hostages who escaped extremist captors
Six women and their nine children who were abducted by extremists in Borno State managed to escape after months in captivity and join their loved ones this week after a […]
Motorbike ban reinstated because of escalating attacks in Niger’s Tillabéri region
Escalating and persistent insecurity in certain departments and municipalities of the Tillabéri region in western Niger have led authorities to reinstate the ban on riding motorcycles day and night. The […]
