Heavy rains and floods this week have left at least 100,000 people homeless on both sides of the border between northern Cameroon and Chad.  It's the worst flooding in the ... Read more »

Two years after it suspended work following the abduction and subsequent death of 37 members of its oil prospecting team, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation is set to ... Read more »

The disease has infected more than 14,000 people and killed at least 164 since an outbreak began in April 2018, and is now present in 115 of 126 health districts, according to WHO. Read more »

Chad has experienced more French military interventions since independence than any other African country, but the justifications have changed recently in important ways, writes ... Read more »

The rebel group had been making its way into Chad from Libya in a convoy of about 50 vehicles. But observers, including Chadian opposition leaders, are questioning whether the ... Read more »

The meeting was called to address the upsurge in terrorist activities in the region. Nigeria, Chad, Niger Republic, and Cameroon belong to the Lake Chad Basin Commission, an ... Read more »

The UN's World Food Programme estimates that more than 10 million people need "assistance and protection". Around 2.4 million are displaced within the region, and more than 220,000 ... Read more »

Although Ethiopian is fully owned by the government, it is run by a team of professional aviation experts, writes Joe Nam for Daily Monitor. Read more »

Commenting on the recently announced privatisation plan by the government for the national carrier, the company's CEO said it "would be good if African countries such as Nigeria ... Read more »

A report from an international conference on the state of Lake Chad, has prompted a decision to transfer water to the lake from the Congo Basin at at cost of U.S.$14,5 billion, ... Read more »