BOKO HARAM BURNS KIDS ALIVE IN NIGERIA, 86 DEAD

Boko Haram has been attacking soft targets, increasingly with suicide bombers, since the military last year drove them out of towns and villages in northeastern Nigeria... READ MORE›

'100 VILLAGERS' KIDNAPPED IN NIGERIA

No group has said it carried out either attack but officials have blamed Nigerian-based Boko Haram militants... READ MORE›

60 MILLION PEOPLE FLEEING CHAOTIC LANDS UN SAYS

Nearly 14 million people were newly displaced in 2014 according to the annual report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees... READ MORE›

'ALARMING' RISE IN BOKO HARAM CHILD SUICIDE BOMBERS

An alarming number of children in Africa, most of them girls, have been used as suicide bombers by Boko Haram in 2017, according to UNICEF... READ MORE›

THEY WERE FREED FROM BOKO HARAM'S RAPE CAMPS. BUT THEIR NIGHTMARE ISN'T OVER.

When the Nigerian military came, it hardly felt to the women like a rescue operation... READ MORE›

DOUBLE SUICIDE ATTACK KILLS 15 PEOPLE IN NIGERIA

Suspected Boko Haram assault targets aid distribution point in Mashalari village in Nigeria's northeastern Konduga area... READ MORE›

'WITH WHAT PUPILS HAVE SEEN, AGGRESSION IS COMMON'

First day of school in syria with what pupils have seen aggression is common... READ MORE›

UN ACCUSED OF FAILING AS NORTH-EAST NIGERIA AT RISK OF FAMINE

But Maj Gen Leo Irabor, who leads the military operation against Boko Haram in the region, said hunger in the Bama camp was relative ... READ MORE›

NIGERIA MILITARY LEADERS FAULTED IN FIGHTING MILITANTS ARE FIRED

The Nigerian military's handling of Boko Haram's bloody six-year uprising has been widely seen as dismal... READ MORE›

VICTIMS OF BOKO HARAM AND NOW SHUNNED BY THEIR COMMUNITIES

The military said the man was actually a suspected Boko Haram fighter... READ MORE›

NIGERIA SCHOOLGIRL MISSING FROM CHIBOK 'FOUND WITH BABY'

One of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria has been found with a 10-month-old baby son, the military says... READ MORE›

INTERACTIVE: THE WORLDS CHANGING PATTERN OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS

The Syrian conflict has made Turkey the largest host nation of refugees in the world... READ MORE›

ANGELINA JOLIE VISITS SYRIAN REFUGEE CAMP IN TURKEY

During her visit, Jolie met with Syrian refugees and heard how they had escaped their country... READ MORE›

SYRIA CIVIL WAR: THE MAP THAT SHOWS HOW FEW SAFE HAVENS THERE ARE LEFT

The city of Al-Hasakah and its surrounding governerate are largely controlled by Kurdish and Christian forces though around a third of the territory is Isis extremists... READ MORE›

YOLA: THE CITY WHERE PEOPLE FLEEING BOKO HARAM OUTNUMBER 400,000 LOCALS

Yola the city where people fleeing Boko Haram outnumber 400,000 locals... READ MORE›

NUMBER OF REFUGEES FORCED TO FLEE CONFLICT HITS A RECORD 59.5 MILLION

Around 42,500 men, women and children became refugees, asylum seekers or were displaced every day last year, a study by the United Nations agency UNHCR found... READ MORE›

83 NIGERIAN SOLDIERS MISSING AFTER BOKO HARAM ATTACK

Senior military officers say 83 soldiers are missing after Boko Haram Islamic extremists attacked a remote base in northeastern Nigeria... READ MORE›

HOW THE ISLAMIC STATE RECRUITS AND COERCES CHILDREN

Differences between children in terrorist groups and child soldiers include how children are recruited and what role the parents and community play in recruitment... READ MORE›

NIGERIANS DISPLACED BY BOKO HARAM WAIT TO GET THEIR VILLAGES BACK AS NEW MILITARY ALLIANCE BEGINS TO MAKE PROGRESS

Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram wait to get their villages back as new military alliance begins to make progress... READ MORE›

'IS THERE AN END?' THE RESIDENTS CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE IN EASTERN UKRAINE

It's an obvious target Ukrainian soldiers use the apartment building next door as a base, with military vehicles parked outside and some weaponry in plain view... READ MORE›

LOBBY GROUP URGES JAPAN TO JOIN PEERS BY ACCEPTING MORE SYRIAN REFUGEES

However, speaking later in the day at a news conference, Abe did not say clearly whether Japan would accept any actual refugees from Syria... READ MORE›

SOUTH SUDANESE FLOW INTO UGANDA DESPITE PEACE DEAL

It is one of her few pieces of clothing, bought for her incongruously in South Sudan... READ MORE›

SOUTH SUDANESE FLOW INTO UGANDA DESPITE PEACE DEAL

It is one of her few pieces of clothing, bought for her incongruously in South Sudan... READ MORE›

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ACCUSES NIGERIAN ARMY OF MASS KILLINGS OF SHIAS IN NORTHERN CITY

Amnesty International accuses Nigerian army of mass killings of Shias in northern city... READ MORE›

Boko Haram Eyed in Attacks on Nigerian Military Base, Mosque... READ MORE›

CHILDREN USED AS SUICIDE BOMBERS - THE LATEST HORRIFIC TACTIC OF BOKO HARAM

Ms. Sanda, who manages the space, was the principal at the Government Secondary School in Bama until the town was attacked by Boko Haram insurgents... READ MORE›

ONE MILLION IRAQI AND SYRIAN REFUGEES MAY FACE WINTER WITHOUT UN AID

One million Iraqi and Syrian refugees may face winter without UN aid The U... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM BURNS KIDS ALIVE IN NIGERIA, 86 DEAD

Boko Haram has been attacking soft targets, increasingly with suicide bombers, since the military last year drove them out of towns and villages in northeastern Nigeria... READ MORE›

BOKO HARAM BURNS KIDS ALIVE IN NIGERIA, 86 DEAD

Boko Haram has been attacking soft targets, increasingly with suicide bombers, since the military last year drove them out of towns and villages in northeastern Nigeria... READ MORE›

A YEAR WITHOUT BOMBS: REFUGEE SCHOOLBOY ENJOYING LIFE IN AUSTRALIA

Painting keeps fear at bay at these Tamil asylum seekers whose work will go on display this Refugee Week... READ MORE›