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Suspected Boko Haram attacks kill at least four civilians and wound dozens near Nigerian border, security sources say. Cameroon is also in an 8,700-strong regional force led by Nigeria against the group, expected to be operational by year end [AFP] At least four civilians and four suicide bombers have been killed in two separate explosions near the Nigerian border in Cameroon's Far North Region, security sources have said. Dozens more were wounded in Saturday's bombing in the village of Nigue, a suburb of Fotokol town, in an attack carried out by suspected members of Nigeria's armed group, Boko Haram. "The first [suicide attacker] detonated his bomb in the house of the traditional chief of Leymarie. Five people died including the bomber," a senior Cameroonian military official who declined to be named told Reuters. Leymarie forms part of Nigue. "Several minutes later, three female bombers exploded their bombs close...

  Nigeria has been ranked third of the 162 countries of the world that have been worst hit by terrorist attacks, according to the 2015 Global Terrorism Index. The country, Africa’s largest oil producer, was ranked fourth in 2014. Going by the latest ranking, Nigeria is only better than two largely Islamic countries – Iraq and Afghanistan – who were ranked first and second respectively. Pakistan and Syria are ranked fourth and fifth to complete the top five most terrorised countries. The only African countries closer in ranking to Nigeria are Somalia and Libya which are in the eighth and ninth positions respectively. France, which recently experienced deadly terrorist attacks that killed about 160 people in Paris, is ranked 36th, same as the United States of America. “Terrorist attacks are much more lethal in Nigeria than any other country,” the GTI report said. The report, released on November 16, 2015 by the Institute for Economics and Peace, said the Islam...

This month, Funmi Iyanda will receive what is for her, the latest in a long line of awards, but this time from an English university that has recognised her significant global contribution to human rights and sustainability. At a University of Cumbria graduation ceremony in the historic Carlisle Cathedral on Wednesday 25 November, Funmi will receive an honorary fellowship from the institution in acknowledgment of her outstanding and high profile work. Funmi is the first African woman to receive this award. An award winning Nigerian media entrepreneur, producer, talk show host, journalist and activist, Funmi is best known for independently producing and hosting Nigeria’s most popular and ground-breaking talk show New Dawn with Funmi, which ran on the national network for eight years. She is a Director at Creation television, a film production company in the United Kingdom, acquiring classic African literary content for film adaptation to a global audience. She is a...