Informes

New Administration Should Address Violence, Corruption, and Impunity (Dakar, May 28, 2011) – Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, should take immediate and concrete steps to address pervasive human rights problems in Nigeria, Human Rights Watch said today. He…

• Cumulative rainfall during the July‐September peak of the rainy season is likely to be average to above average nationwide, leading to favorable cropping conditions for 2011/12. • Markets across the country are expected to react positively…

Police and army launch manhunt Latest in series of attacks in remote northeast Insecurity a headache for president By Ibrahim Mshelizza MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, May 27 (Reuters) - Suspected members of a radical Islamist sect attacked a police station in northeast…

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today commended the Nigerian Government for investing in women's and children's health, saying the United Nations would support efforts to make communities in the West African country healthier. “Health systems that work for women…

BERN/LONDON, 18 May 2011—International medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières MSF (Doctors Without Borders) today accepted a 2011 Green Star Award for leadership in environmental emergencies, at a ceremony in Bern, Switzerland. MSF’s most recent environmental emergency…

KANO, 17 May 2011 (IRIN) - Following post-election violence in which an estimated 800 people were killed and 65,000 displaced, according to Human Rights Watch, state prosecutors need to follow through on arrests to try perpetrators…

In Nigeria, the last significant militant group in the oil-rich Niger Delta has called for a truce with the government, offering to disband and disarm in exchange for amnesty from prosecution. The Nigeria Delta Liberation Force is…

Promptly Prosecute Offenders, Address Underlying Causes (Dakar, May 16, 2011) – Deadly election-related and communal violence in northern Nigeria following the April 2011 presidential voting left more than 800 people dead, Human Rights Watch said today. The…

GLIDE n° OT-2011-000046-NGA The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent…

ABUJA, 29 April - "The European Union Election Observation Mission notes that for the Governors and State Houses of Assembly elections, INEC provided in general an adequate technical process that allowed the electorate smooth accreditation and…