December 17 is a grim anniversary for the Red Cross,but Australians working for the international body have a defiant message for those who target them.
Having spent months undergoing treatment in London,the Nigerian president says the reports of his death are greatly exaggerated.
The state oil company said the fire had been caused by vandals who breached the pipeline.
Two medical workers and a 15-year-old school girls were kidnapped by Islamic State in Africa. A midwife was killed by the group last month.
African heads of state have pledged to coordinate efforts to improve the continent's security and defeat jihadist groups.
Simmering tensions between the Christian farming community and mainly Muslim herdsmen have erupted again into lethal violence.
The undeclared war,triggered in part by climate change and cattle,has turned Muslims and Christians against each other,threatens to tear Nigeria apart
For years,the teenagers remained missing,changing from girls into women,lost to a band of extremists known for beating,raping and enslaving its captives.
Four female suicide bombers in their teens have blown themselves up near Maiduguri in Nigeria's restive Borno state,killing one other person.
President Muhammadu Buhari's government has repeatedly said it was willing to hold talks with the group.
The Nigerian government confirmed 101 of the 110 girls seized in Dapchi on February 19 had been freed. Nigeria denied a ransom was paid for their release.