Ukraine battles Russian offensive in northeast
As Russia tries to gain ground near the city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian soldiers do what they can to bring residents to safety.…
Attackers kill 12 civilians in northeast DR Congo
Twelve civilians, including two children, were killed during two attacks carried out by suspected members of the Islamist-rooted ADF militia group in northeast DR Congo.…
Boko Haram: The victims, the cost
Since the insurgency by Boko Haram terrorists began in Nigeria’s northeast in 2009, the region has suffered both human and material losses that have displaced millions of residents.…
AfDB supports recovery efforts in northeast Nigeria
The African Development Bank in collaboration with Nigeria's Presidential Committee on the Northeast Initiative has launched the bank-financed Inclusive Basic Delivery and Livelihood Empowerment Program for Northeast Nigeria.…
Stolen food aid
Of an estimated N17 billion donated to support IDPs, up to half has been diverted. The Ag. president says that less than half of every 100 lorries, sent to the North-East with…
Brazil: 6 killed, 30,000 displaced in floods
Heavy rains and flooding have left six people dead and displaced tens of thousands in Brazil's northeast.…
Northeast food shortage – FG rules out famine, says prediction is false
Northeast food shortage - FG rules out famine, says prediction is false…
Nigeria’s First Lady ‘warns’ President Buhari in BBC interview
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Chibok protest in Abuja on 900-day anniversary of kidnapping
Activists from Nigeria's Bring Back Our Girls movement gather in Abuja to mark 900 days since the mass kidnapping of 276 girls from a school in the northeastern town of Chibok,…
Kerry meets with governors of 6 Northern states
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Dozens ‘hacked to death’ in DR Congo
At least 64 people have been killed in an attack in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region where dozens of armed groups are active. The Allied Democratic Forces group is believed…