
Boko Haram is increasingly using children in suicide attacks in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon. The number of child bombers tripled in the first quarter of this year to 27 as compared to the same period last year, according to UNICEF.
Boko Haram is increasingly using children in suicide attacks in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon. The number of child bombers tripled in the first quarter of this year to 27 as compared to the same period last year, according to UNICEF.
Conflict and climate change are creating a burgeoning hunger crisis in west and central Africa. With funds being shifted to…
Violence wrought by Boko Haram in northern Nigeria has closed more than 2,000 schools and kept 1 million children out…
Ready-to-assemble refugee shelters made by the Swedish furniture giant Ikea pose a fire hazard, leaders from the Swiss city of…
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Displaced families in CAR carry 25 kg bags of maize, distributed by WFP.WFP Funding shortages have led the World Food…
Malnutrition takes a serious toll on children living in Chad. The vast West African nation features a fertile south and…
Anti-Gaddafi protests in LibyaFlickr, Messay Shoakena The popular revolt in Libya began in Tunisia, gained force in Egypt, and is…