More than 300 women and children held captive by Boko Haram were released during a military operation against a group of Islamist hideouts in north-eastern Nigeria, the Nigerian army announced Wednesday. “An army unit has rescued 338 people held captive by the terrorists”, including 192 children and 138 women, during …

Forced cannibalism, rape and “other inhumane acts”: the belligerents in the civil war in South Sudan will be held accountable before a court of African independent justice, acts of “extreme cruelty” against civilians, has said Wednesday the African Union (AU). A Commission of Inquiry of the AU, led in 2014 …

Thirteen civilians were killed and three wounded by gunfire Tuesday night by members of Islamist group Boko Haram in a village near Diffa in southeastern Niger on the border with Nigeria, said the local authorities. “Thirteen people were executed and three others injured by gunfire during an attack Boko Haram …