Informes

01 Apr 2010 14:52:20 GMT JOS, Nigeria, April 1 (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities charged 20 people on Thursday over their roles in sectarian clashes that killed hundreds in central Plateau state last month, and some could face the death penalty. Authorities…

The world's failure to control and eradicate tuberculosis -- a disease that has been around for more than 4,000 years -- was a human disgrace, Marcos Espinal, Executive Secretary of the World Health Organization's (WHO) "Stop TB Partnership", said…

In response to the killing of civilians in three villages close to Jos, Plateau region, last March 7, the police has arrested 164 people, noting that 42 of these face charges of "terrorism and voluntary homicide" while the remaining…

The situation in the state of Plateau remains tense as, according to missionary sources, respect to the past the crisis has assumed different dimensions; the protagonists of the latest attack, say sources close to the Augustine missionaries operating near…

Farmers in seven states of Nigeria including Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti, Kogi, Nasarawa, and Benue will benefit from the distribution of free improved cassava varieties, thanks to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded project. The distribution of the…

Dead include women and children * Red Cross has dispatched team to village * Attack came while military supposed to be enforcing curfew (Updates with witness account) By Shuaibu Mohammed BYEI, Nigeria, March 17 (Reuters) - Raiders armed with machetes killed at least…

Ministers say post-amnesty programme to continue * Risk of more political turbulence in run-up to polls By Austin Ekeinde YENAGOA, Nigeria, March 16 (Reuters) - Bombing by Nigeria's biggest militant group in its oil delta this week will not derail an amnesty deal…

Militants detonate two bombs outside amnesty talks * Passers-by injured, no reports of serious casualties * Threat of more attacks on oil industry * Potential setback for Acting President Jonathan (Adds comment from Acting President) By Segun Owen WARRI, Nigeria, March 15 (Reuters) - Nigerian militants…

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Some 50 people are still missing a week after sectarian violence in Nigeria's central state of Plateau left hundreds of people dead and many property, especially houses, burnt, the private Punch newspaper reported Sunday, quoting…

GENEVA (12 March 2010) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination called on the Nigerian authorities to tackle the underlying causes of the repeated outbreaks of ethnic and religious violence near the city of Jos in…