Informes

Authorities collect more than 200 corpses - Residents gather to see body of slain sect leader - Red Cross, military tend to wounded By Ibrahim Mshelizza MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, July 31 (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities collected hundreds of bodies from the streets of the…

Abuja/Geneva (ICRC) - Following this week's violent clashes between the Nigerian security forces and members of the Islamic armed group Boko Haram, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Nigerian Red Cross Society are providing material and…

By Ibrahim Mshelizza MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, July 30 (Reuters) - Authorities in the northern Nigerian state of Borno said on Thursday they had beaten back Islamic radicals behind unrest which has killed more than 180 people. The army shelled parts of a…

LAGOS, Jul 30, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The Red Cross Society of Nigeria said on Thursday in northern Nigeria's Borno state that close to 3,500 internally displaced persons were being sheltered at the Maimalari Barracks following Wednesday's clash. Maikano…

Sect leader captured then killed in police detention - Religious leaders urged to condemn sect at Friday prayers - Military promises "show of force" By Ibrahim Mshelizza MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, July 30 (Reuters) - The leader of a radical Islamic sect in northern Nigeria…

Urges government to provide Concessional Credit facilities to victims Concerned about the rate of frequent natural and human-induced disasters in the country where humanitarian supports are sometimes delayed in reaching victims, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has appealed to states…

Death toll rises above 180 as more sect members killed - Police say freed around 95 women and children - Sect leader's whereabouts unknown By Ibrahim Mshelizza MAIDUGURI, July 29 (Reuters) - Security forces in northern Nigeria have freed scores of women and…

MAIDUGURI, 29 July 2009 (IRIN) - Government emergency management teams in Nigeria are distributing blankets and water to thousands of people displaced from the northeastern city of Maiduguri following clashes between an armed group calling for…

The Secretary General of the OIC Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has called for calm and restraint in the wake of the violence, which resulted in the loss of precious human lives and properties in some States of Northern Nigeria. Ihsanoglu condemned torching…

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his concern over reports of another round of sectarian violence in northern Nigeria, which has apparently led to scores of deaths. Mr. Ban "condemns the unnecessary loss of human life and the destruction of property…