NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger has quit an international force fighting armed Islamist groups in West Africa's Lake Chad region as it seeks to shore up security around oil assets at home, the government ...

Lake Chad basin - Copyright TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP Kicki NILSSON Lake Chad basin - Copyright TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP Kicki NILSSON Lack of military coordination and tension ...

NIAMEY, Niger, March 11 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency on Tuesday said it was increasingly alarmed at the humanitarian impact of continuing violence in north-eastern Nigeria and stressed the ...

Lake Chad, once one of the largest natural lakes in the world, has seen a dramatic decline in its size over the past several decades. The lake, straddling the borders of Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and ...

On Nov. 28, Chadian Foreign Minister Abderaman Koulamallah released a communique announcing that Chad would terminate its military cooperation agreement with France. The move reportedly came as a big ...

No fewer than 210 Boko Haram fighters and their family members have surrendered to troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Sector 2, along the Lake Chad region. The mass surrender follows ...

Fatima, a fisherwoman on Lake Chad, sets out at dawn not just to make a living from the shrinking waters, but to pay a “tax”. Before casting her net, she must hand over part of her meagre earnings to ...

Terror groups have rebounded after past leadership losses, so Lake Chad Basin security forces cannot afford complacency.

UNHCR is increasingly alarmed at the humanitarian impact of the violence in north-eastern Nigeria. Newly-arriving refugees interviewed by our staff in Niger have spoken of atrocities on the islands ...