[VOA]Increasing kidnappings and attacks on civilians in northeast Nigeria has displaced well over 200-thousand people inside the country, and caused tens of thousands of others to flee across borders. The UNHCR calls the brutality and frequency of the attacks unprecedented....

[VOA]South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar are in Ethiopia to meet for the first time since fighting and ethnic violence erupted across South Sudan five months ago....

LAGOS, Nigeria ? Looking sad and frightened, dozens of barefoot girls sat huddled together wearing gray Muslim veils as they chanted Quranic verses in Arabic. Some Christians among them said they had converted to Islam. In the video released Monday, the Boko Haram terrorist network offered the first public glimpse of what it claimed were some of the nearly 300 girls kidnapped from a Nigerian school a month ago ? and issued an ominous threat. The girls will not be seen again, the group's leader said menacingly, until the government frees his imprisoned fighters. I swear to almighty Allah, you will not see them again until you release our brothers that you have captured, Abubakar Shekau...

On the same day that a man looking...

Le autorità di Abuja respingono il ricatto deli estremisti islamici: ""Ragazze libere in cambio dei prigionieri" - chiedono in un video. La condanna è netta anche da parte dell'Unione Europea: i 28 ministri degli Esteri esprimono "profonda preoccupazione" e si dicono "inorriditi" per le sofferenze inferte ai civili

I piccoli, tre maschi e una femmina, sono tutti in buona salute ma i genitori temono per il loro futuro: con la fuga in Mauritania hanno perso tutto. 

Hollande: "Disponibili a organizzare un vertice dei paesi confinanti con la Nigeria", dovrebbero essere presenti, tra gli altri, Gran Bretagna, Stati Uniti e Ue. Quest'ultima promette un contributo da 10 milioni di euro

Secondo le fonti raccolte dall'associazione, il quartier generale delle forze armate di Maiduguri era a conoscenza dell'imminente attacco dalle 19 del 14 aprile, quasi quattro ore prima che Boko Haram iniziasse le operazioni

Secondo alcune voci alcune delle studentesse sarebbero state costrette a sposare i rapitori, mentre altre sarebbero state portate in Camerun e in Ciad

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - A Belgian Rapid Response Team, including First Aid and Support Teams (B.Fast) were due in Nigeria Sunday to lend a possible medical and psychological support to families of the young girls abducted by Boko Haram, Didier Reynders, the Belgian Foreign Minister, told the press here.
Politics

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Chairman of the National Bar of Mauritania and presidential candidate of the National Forum for Democracy and Unity (FNDU), Mr. Ahmed Salem Ould Bouhoubeiny, has withdrawn from the presidential election.
Politics

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) ? A total of 40 undocumented migrants of various African countries, including 13 women and two children, on their way to Italy, were rescued Sunday night in Sfax region, southeastern Tunisia, the Tunisian marine announced here.
Society

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The forthcoming Cecafa Nile Basin Cup Winners Cup may be a competition for national domestic knockout winners or the second best teams in the premier leagues, but Egypt?s entries will be awesome, adding to the quality of the tournament.
Sports

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The latest food security analysis, carried out in South Sudan, indicates that because of conflict, displacement, destroyed markets and disrupted livelihoods, food security has deteriorated at an alarming rate since the outbreak of conflict in December 2013, FAO has said.
Agriculture

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali has expressed its solidarity with Nigeria where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted about a month ago by the Islamist movement, Boko Haram, PANA learnt Monday from the Malian presidency.
Society

Tunis, Tunisia ( PANA) - Agriculture is an essential pillar for development in Tunisia since it contributes up to 10% to the country?s Gross Domestic Product, absorbs more than 8% of the total investments in the economy and accounts for 16% of the active labour force, Mehdi Jomaa, the Tunisian prime minister said Monday .
Agriculture

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on Monday received in audience, the French Defence Minister, Jean Yves Le Drian, who arrived in Nouakchott as part of a sub-regional tour which had taken him to Abidjan and Dakar, PANA learnt from official sources.
Politics

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Rebel leader Riek Machar has expressed his happiness at the ceasefire agreement signed with President Salva Kiir, saying it was an important roadmap.
Politics

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) ? Revenue from tourism increased slightly at the end of April 2014, reaching 778.2 million Tunisian dinars or 2.7 per cent more than was earned during the same period last year, according to the Tunisian Tourism Ministry.
Economy

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan left the capital city of Abuja Monday afternoon for Oyo in the Republic of Congo to consult with his Congolese counterpart, President Denis Sassou Nguesso, on the current security situation in West and Central Africa.
Politics

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? The Nigerian Department of State Security on Monday paraded five alleged Boko Haram members responsible for the 14 April and 1 May bombings in Nyanya, near the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Abuja.
Society

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) ? Nigerian President Dr Goodluck Jonathan on Monday inaugurated a presidential committee to steer Nigeria?s industrialisation revolution with a call for the need to build a strong manufacturing base.
Economy

Alors que la communauté internationale est en émoi après l'enlèvement de plus de 200 lycéennes par le groupe islamiste Boko Haram, les habitants du Nigeria, chrétiens et musulmans, se mobilisent pour obtenir leur libération.

Attack targeting former governor kills at least 11 people, including army personnel in south central town of Baidoa.

President Salva Kiir says country's warring factions need time to reconcile before a vote could be held.

A least 14 dead after boat sank between Libya and Italy, about 185km south of Lampedusa, reports say.

Journalist on hunger strike in Egyptian prison reportedly moved to undisclosed location amid concerns over his health.

New report says fugitive LRA leader is hiding in Sudanese-controlled areas of a disputed enclave in South Sudan.

Video obtained by AFP news agency says girls will not be released until all Boko Haram prisoners in Nigeria are freed.

Au moins 14 personnes sont mortes lundi dans le naufrage dune embarcation chargée dimmigrés clandestins entre les côtes libyennes et lîle de Lampedusa, a annoncé la Marine Militaire italienne, selon qui plus de 200 migrants ont été sauvés. Le naufrage sest produit à 11H00 GMT à une centaine de milles marins (160 km) au sud [&]