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EXCLUSIVE Swiss government tells IBTimes UK about its role in negotiations with Boko Haram.

Chibok abduction not the first Boko Haram mass-kidnapping, but only one to attract international outrage.

European Parliament has also repeatedly called for the EU to implement targeted sanctions.

EXCLUSIVE: Diplomat says world is failing to move on to the final phase of prevention of crimes against humanity

Chibok mass-kidnapping in 2014 shone a spotlight on deadly insurgency of Boko Haram in Lake Chad region.

In interview with French television Putin blamed the West for the destabilisation of the region.

The American destroyer USS Nitze launched Tomahawk cruise missiles targeting three coastal radar sites in Yemen.

UN peacekeepers say they had to open fire to stop the attack and killed at least 10 militiamen.

The group says the camp is home to 300 defectors, including many European citizens.

Opposition coalition says ICC exit should not give authorities 'a free band to continue committing crimes'.

Child refugees, some as young as eight, are easy prey for traffickers and criminals.

Unaccompanied children in the Jungle migrant camp tell IBTimes UK of their fears for the future amid demolition threats.

Ethiopia declares six-month state of emergency following anti-government protests that resulted in hundreds of deaths.

Two French soldiers were severely injured in the explosion with others slightly wounded.

Borno state is epicentre of Boko Haram's insurgency, which has claimed at least 20,000 lives since 2009.

Russian jets have resumed heavy bombing of rebel-held areas of Aleppo after several days of relative calm.

The tentative sanctions against North Korea would cover financial, shipping, trade and immigration sectors.

The warning comes a month after Pyongyang threatened to 'wipe out' the US with a nuclear strike.

The UN chief in his report criticised the government saying it has done only little to fulfil its promises.

The latest unrest has raised concerns of a repeat of the 2012 sectarian violence in which 100 Rohingyas were killed.

'Anyone who puts US Navy ships at risk does so at their own peril' a spokesman said.

IS (Daesh) is reported to have rigged five bridges with explosives in Mosul.

Authorities said that the 43 people injured in the attack were taken to hospitals for treatment.

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said insurgent shelling of a school killed 5 including children.

British Foreign Secretary says President Vladimir Putin risks turning Russia into a 'pariah nation'.

Parallels have been drawn between the Nazi bombing of Guernica and the Russian air strikes on Aleppo.

Reports suggest that President Park Geun Hye is spending 2 trillion won to build a defector camp.

Kremlin spokesman refused to deny speculation that Moscow wants to have bases in Caribbean and Vietnam.

Merkel says Ethiopia should listen to people's grievances as right groups claim at least 500 have been killed.