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

Activists from Nigeria's Bring Back Our Girls movement gather in Abuja to mark 900 days since the mass kidnapping of 276 girls from a school in the northeastern town of Chibok,

At least 64 people have been killed in an attack in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region where dozens of armed groups are active. The Allied Democratic Forces group is believed to be behind the latest attack in Beni.