Boko Haram carried out 60 suicide attacks in Cameroon in 2017, UN Assistant-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ursula Mueller, has said. The UN deputy relief chief stated said this on her arrival in Chad for a two-day visit to see first-hand the humanitarian situation in the country.
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A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea early Monday (local time), US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake’s epicentre was around 90 kilometres (55 miles) south of Porgera in Enga province, according to USGS. The 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the heart of the island near the near the Southern Highlands area, […]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says 21 members of staff have left their jobs for sexual misconduct in the last three years. The ICRC’s director-general, Yves Daccord, said the individuals had paid for “sexual services” and had resigned or were dismissed from the aid agency. Mr Daccord added that it was “a […]
Europe is increasing the suffering of African migrants trying to cross the Sahara, the Red Cross chief said, urging lawmakers not to put security above human rights. Francesco Rocca, head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), met migrants in Niger who said they were stranded, unable to head north […]
Britain has warned of possible attacks by the Islamic State, IS, on foreigners in South Africa, following the kidnap of two British nationals in a small town there. Britain’s Foreign Office (FCO) disclosed on its website that the main threat was from ISIS. In an email to Reuters, the FCO said: “We have updated our […]
The United States of America has reacted to the abduction of schoolgirls from the Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. Recall that the government had on Wednesday apologised and retracted a statement that 48 girls out of the 94 girls that went missing after Boko Haram attack in the […]
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