Army on Tuesday said it arrested suspected spiritual head of militia armed group in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State after destroying some of the group’s camps in Ugya village. Director of Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, gave the name of the suspect as Angulu Idaku,
Tunisia said on Monday that it was negotiating for the release of 172 nationals being held by a Libyan militia as bargaining chips for one of its commanders detained in Tunis. The foreign ministry’s Arab and African affairs chief Touhami Abdouli said the Tunisians had been detained in western Libya by a militia that is […]
The U.N. Children’s Fund reports leaders of armed groups in the Central African Republic have agreed to release all child soldiers under their control and to end future recruitment. UNICEF said the agreement is one positive result to come out of an expected weeklong national reconciliation forum that opened Monday in the capital Bangui. The […]