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Jihadists have killed at least 30 people and abducted women and children in a raid in northeast Nigeria's restive Borno state, a regional government spokesman said on Monday. Also, a French appeal court fines Teodorin Obiang, Equatorial Guinea's vice-president, 30 million euros for plundering state coffers to pay for fast cars and mansions in France. And finally, FRANCE 24 heads to the Sudanese city of Atbara ten months after the fall of Omar al-Bashir.

The soldier reportedly opened fire at a shopping mall in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima, northeast of the capital, Bangkok. Authorities shot the suspect dead after he spent 16 hours holed up in the mall.

Adamawa state governor, Amhadou Fintiri, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari's unflinching support for the military in its fight against the insurgents in the northeast

The Nigerian Airforce has upgraded its Alpha Jets to help in its fight against the insurgency in the northeast.

More than fifteen million children are orphaned in Nigeria due to no fault of theirs. As the world marks orphan day, many say there is a need to care for them, especially children. Jesse Tafida takes a look at the significance of the day and conditions of orphans in Borno state.

Twelve civilians, including two children, were killed during two attacks carried out by suspected members of the Islamist-rooted ADF militia group in northeast DR Congo.

Since the insurgency by Boko Haram terrorists began in Nigeria’s northeast in 2009, the region has suffered both human and material losses that have displaced millions of residents.

The African Development Bank in collaboration with Nigeria's Presidential Committee on the Northeast Initiative has launched the bank-financed Inclusive Basic Delivery and Livelihood Empowerment Program for Northeast Nigeria.

Of an estimated N17 billion donated to support IDPs, up to half has been diverted. The Ag. president says that less than half of every 100 lorries, sent to the North-East with food supplies, arrive their destination.

Heavy rains and flooding have left six people dead and displaced tens of thousands in Brazil's northeast.

Northeast food shortage - FG rules out famine, says prediction is false