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By Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga Rotary International News During an immunization campaign in early July, Nigeria's National Program on Immunization rolled out a new strategy to halt the transmission of polio in the country. The new approach, called Immunization Plus Days, involves delivering the…

Africa Report N°113 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and perhaps also its most poorly understood. It has endured six successful and numerous failed military coups, a civil war that cost well over a million lives, three inconclusive transitions…

LAGOS, Jul 12, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- At least 14 people have been feared dead, 15 others injured and six houses burnt down following communal crisis which erupted at Mgbowo, a community in Nigeria's southern state of Enugu,…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KANO, 3 Jul 2006 (IRIN) - Health workers are wrapping up a key effort to vaccinate under-fives against the crippling and sometimes fatal effects of polio in northern…

The Federation's vision is to strive, through voluntary action, for a world of empowered communities, better able to address human suffering and crises with hope, respect for dignity and a concern for equity. Its mission is to improve the…

Geneva and Banjul, 28 June 2006 - The Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations on Human Rights Defenders, Hina Jilani, and the Special Rapporteur of the African Commission for People and Human Rights on Human…

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The government of Nigeria's southeastern state of Anambra has extended to six other towns the nighttime curfew it imposed on the state's commercial city of Onitsha, which has been wracked by violence since last Thursday. The…

Ambassador expresses support, amidst Africa's worst bird flu outbreaks By Charlene Porter, Washington File Staff Writer Washington - The United States donated almost $360,000 dollars worth of disease-eradication equipment to the Nigerian government May 25. U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria John Campbell presented the supplies…

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja, 20 May 2006 - Officials in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are investigating reports of a fresh outbreak of the deadly Avian flu virus. The report comes at a time experts are warning…

LAGOS, May 8, 2006 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Militants in oil-rich Niger Delta, south Nigeria, have declared a three-month ceasefire, saying that they are ready to hold negotiations with the government. In a statement made available here on Monday, Vice-Chairman of…