Informes

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, August 27 (UNHCR) When Davala arrived in Argentina, he expected a huge block of ice stretching to the horizon. The young African was surprised to find instead the immense urban sprawl of Buenos Aires, nothing like…

Government urges MEND to accept amnesty - Militants divided - Experts warn of more violence By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Nigeria's main militant group should rethink its threat to resume attacks on the OPEC member's oil industry and instead…

By Joy Simon MINNA, Nigeria, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Police have broken up an Islamic community in western Nigeria and deported dozens of its members to avert any repeat of violence in which about 800 people were killed last month,…

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja Nigeria's disaster management agency says some 50 communities close to Lake Nyos in neighboring Cameroon are at risk of a flooding disaster. The banks of the volcanic Lake Nyos, high in the Cameroon Mountains, are said…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed that more Nigerians are continued to be displaced by floods due to torrential rainfalls and blockages of waterways in various communities at rural and urban areas of the country. The flooding this…

LAGOS, Aug 22, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) The European Union (EU) is to spend 68.9 million U.S dollars in nine states in the troubled Niger Delta region of Nigeria under its Micro Projects Program (MPP), the News Agency of…

Main militant group to end ceasefire on Sept. 15 - Rebel group vows fresh attacks against oil industry - Hundreds of militants surrender arms in amnesty programme (Updates with MEND to resume attacks, new throughout) By Austin Ekeinde YENAGOA, Nigeria, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Nigeria's main…

- Food security conditions are stable in most areas of the country. However, significant pockets of food insecurity have emerged in the coastal areas of the South due to excessive flooding and in the North due…

Gunmen handover weapons at centres in creeks - Participation below expectations - Critics question if amnesty is long-term solution By Austin Ekeinde OKRIKA, Nigeria, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Scores of Nigerian oil militants turned in weapons in the creeks of the Niger Delta on…

ABUJA, Nigeria, 19 August 2009 - UNICEF Nigeria has received 8.5 million dollars, from the Government of Japan, to support polio eradication, routine immunization and malaria prevention efforts. The Resident Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Kyojin Mima and…