Nigeria say soldiers arrested over 400 people linked to Boko Haram... READ MORE›
On 24 October 2017, Mr Trump signed an executive order resuming the refugee program which had been temporarily suspended under his earlier order... READ MORE›
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries... READ MORE›
Unveiled in September, the latest ban was immediately challenged in federal appeals courts in Richmond, Virginia and San Francisco, California... READ MORE›
Trump said the international community must increase efforts to combat terrorist ideology, the White House said... READ MORE›
Sometimes the rangers are ambushed in premeditated military-style attacks, such as the five rangers who were gunned down in Zakouma national park in Chad in 2012... READ MORE›
Libyan militia commanders and officials have said many West Africans fought with the Islamic State in Libya before its defeat there... READ MORE›
CAR has been beset with conflict since Seleka coalition rebels marched into the capital, Bangui, and deposed of former President Francois Bozize... READ MORE›
I personally think the American and Nigerien force was just overwhelmed, the administration official said... READ MORE›
Africa becomes the new battleground for ISIS and al-Qaeda as they lose ground in Mideast... READ MORE›
HONOLULU - A judge in Hawaii has blocked the latest version of the Trump administration travel ban just hours before it was set to take effect... READ MORE›
A federal judge in Hawaii blocks US President's Donald Trump's third travel ban, just hours before it was due to take effect... READ MORE›
Aid workers have had to cut rations in half across the Central African Republic because of underfunding, the United Nations has warned... READ MORE›
Eight years ago, Boko Haram militants crossed the border from Nigeria and launched their first attacks in Chad, in the Lake Region... READ MORE›
The French military base in Abidjan provides logistical support for the operation which is headquartered in Chad's capital, N'Djamena... READ MORE›
US president seeks border wall funding in exchange for a deal to protect some 690,000 immigrants known as 'Dreamers'... READ MORE›
Namatta Abubacar, an official for the region of Tillaberi in Niger, said five Nigerien soldiers were among the dead... READ MORE›
Cameroon's English-speaking minority say they are being marginalised by the French-speaking majority... READ MORE›
The report said that various internet shutdowns had been in place in sub-Saharan Africa on 236 days since 2015... READ MORE›
Boko Haram has spilled into Chad but is a fundamentally a Nigerian-based group... READ MORE›
The new restrictions, slated to go into effect on October 18, resulted from a review after President Donald Trump's original travel bans were challenged in court... READ MORE›
The indefinite restrictions apply to citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and North Korea... READ MORE›
Perhaps even more mystifying, Chad has proven to be one of the United States' most willing counterterrorism partners in the region... READ MORE›
The Trump administration has now taken steps to make its Muslim ban targeting Iranians and other nationals permanent, NIAC said in statement... READ MORE›
The White House issued new travel restrictions on citizens from eight countries, including North Korea and Venezuela, that go into effect Oct. 18... READ MORE›
The report estimated that 117 billion was spent worldwide to fight terrorism... READ MORE›
Conservationists hope second group of 14 scimitar-horned oryx bred in captivity will help repopulate original habitat in Chad... READ MORE›
Life in Tunisia's closed refugee camp 'I lost my mind'... READ MORE›
'Final defeat' Boko Haram's insurgency began in Maiduguri, though it has since spread beyond Nigeria's borders to Chad, Cameroon and Niger... READ MORE›
But Mr. Trump seems to have taken that appreciation and reliance to another level... READ MORE›
They say they found the bodies in Damasak in north-eastern Nigeria, a town they entered on Saturday, ending months of Boko Haram control... READ MORE›
Boko Haram Nigerian Boko Haram militants have carried out an attack on Chad overnight, the first such assault on Chadian soil, officials say... READ MORE›
Boko Haram captured the town late in November, according to Nigerian news accounts... READ MORE›
A Chad police spokesman said three female suicide bombers carried out Saturday's attack... READ MORE›
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›
Boko Haram A suicide bomb attack has killed more than a dozen people at a crowded bus station in Potiskum, north-eastern Nigeria... READ MORE›
Nine civilians are killed in suicide attacks in Nigeria's Maiduguri, while eight troops die in raid in next-door Chad... READ MORE›
An appeals court in Senegal upheld the life sentence of Hissene Habre, former Chad president, on war crimes charges... READ MORE›
Agadez is a remote town in Niger on the edge of the Sahara desert that has become a major people-smuggling point... READ MORE›
Nigerian and regional forces clash with Boko Haram fighters for control of Malam Fatori town in northeast Borno state... READ MORE›
Boko Haram The Nigerian army has retaken the north-eastern town of Baga, held by Boko Haram militants since 3 January... READ MORE›
Climate change is ranked third among Americans, with 56 percent of people surveyed believing it is a major threat... READ MORE›
Merkel also said Europe also needs to urgently rethink its asylum system, which requires migrants to seek refugee status in the first country they reach... READ MORE›
In Mokong, the front room of Toussaint's grandmother's house became crowded with Cameroonian officials and American aides securing the premises... READ MORE›
Judges at the Extraordinary African Chamber said there was sufficient evidence against Mr Habre, who is in custody in Senegal... READ MORE›
A critical factor in youth development is the extent to which young people are able to participate in the political and civic life of their countries... READ MORE›
Burkina Faso's president, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, said two of the attackers had been identified as women... READ MORE›
Many people fled the village for a camp near Kolofata that houses thousands displaced by Boko Haram violence, he said... READ MORE›
Kaga Bandero has been hit by a barrage of attacks by armed groups since September... READ MORE›
Meanwhile, low income nations, such as Chad and Mali, scored best for healthy foods... READ MORE›
Some were later freed as Cameroon's forces pursued the attackers who were fleeing back to Nigeria... READ MORE›
An attack by suspected Islamist militants who took 170 people hostage at Radisson Blue Hotel in the Malian capital is over, US officials say... READ MORE›
A pickup truck filled with migrants in 2015 returns to the city of Agadez after it was turned back at military checkpoints in the Sahara... READ MORE›
Nigerian troops conduct a patrol against Boko Haram militants on April 30, 2013, in Baga... READ MORE›
Over the weekend, Chadian soldiers deployed to Cameroon's border with Nigeria to help secure the porous border... READ MORE›
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