Boko Haram

A solider with a gun stands on an armored vehicle.

There is 'a grave hole in the international response' to violence in Cameroon, IRC says

Cameroon is facing multiple armed insurgencies that have killed and displaced thousands. David Miliband, chief executive of the International Red Cross, says he saw "utter devastation" during a recent trip there.

There is 'a grave hole in the international response' to violence in Cameroon, IRC says
Kerawa Cameroon Boko Haram

Cameroon has been using witchcraft to fight Boko Haram

Cameroon has been using witchcraft to fight Boko Haram
Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki, a Nigerian schoolgirl rescued after over two years of captivity with Boko Haram militants, presents her child to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria May 19, 2016.

Rescued Chibok girl meets with Nigerian president

Rescued Chibok girl meets with Nigerian president
Red ribbons are tied around a tree trunk on the eve of the second anniversary of the abduction of the Chibok school girls in Abuja, Nigeria April 13, 2016.

Abducted. Enslaved. In and out of the news for two years. The Chibok girls are still missing.

Abducted. Enslaved. In and out of the news for two years. The Chibok girls are still missing.
A satellite image of the U.S. drone base in Garoua, Cameroon.

Can the US' new drone base in Cameroon help fight Boko Haram?

Can the US' new drone base in Cameroon help fight Boko Haram?

Is the world ignoring young, black girls?

Feminist and social activist bell hooks says the abductions in Nigeria are a tragedy — but not entirely disconnected from the way young black girls are treated in the US. She says the US has a long way to go to address gender and racial equality at home.

Is the world ignoring young, black girls?