Nigeria was warned Tuesday that violence could resume in the southern oil producer, exacerbating the strain on resources already stretched by Boko Haram in the north, and reduced gross income. The International Crisis Group said that the root causes of the insurgency in the Niger Delta remain strategic “largely neglected” …

Heavy fighting between militias and UN peacekeepers erupted in the Central African Republic on Tuesday as President Catherine Samba-Panza rushed at the beginning of the United Nations General Assembly in order to end days violence in which at least 37 people died. Samba-Panza, who blamed ousted President François Bozizé to …

The streets of the capital of the Central African Republic were deserted, with residents terrified at the shelter inside and tens of thousands of people fleeing their homes after three days of shooting and blood. “We fear that the violence we see in Bangui is a return to the dark …