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The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 183 countries. For more information: www.ifrc.org In…

By Segun Owen WARRI, Nigeria, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Villagers fled Nigeria's lawless delta on Wednesday amid fears of military reprisals after a wave of attacks on foreign oil companies by ethnic Ijaw militia. The army deployed more troops to…

Warri, le 24 janvier (IRIN) - Douze jours après le kidnapping des quatre collaborateurs étrangers de la compagnie pétrolière Royal Dutch Shell par des miliciens dans la région du delta du Niger, les ravisseurs exigent la libération des leaders…

AI Index: AFR 44/003/2006 (Public) Hundreds of Nigerians are still sleeping out in the open nearly nine months after bulldozers and armed police arrived in the Makoko community of Lagos, demolishing homes, churches, a mosque and a medical clinic. After…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] PORT HARCOURT, 13 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - New unrest in the oil-rich Niger Delta region - the abduction of four foreign oil workers and a pipeline explosion hours…

This appeal seeks 8,820,442 (1) to fund programmes and activities to be implemented in 2006 and 2007. These programmes are aligned with the International Federation's Global Agenda, which sets out four broad goals to meet the Federation's mission to…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KANO, 30 December (IRIN) - In the late 1990s, Alhaji Ahmad Idi could still count on his land to produce 40 big sacks of sorghum and another 20…

The Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilizing the power of humanity. It is the world's largest humanitarian organization and its millions of volunteers are active in over 181 countries. In Brief Minor Emergency history: Launched on…

MSF: It is with great sadness that Médecins Sans Frontières reports the death of two of its volunteers in the airline crash which occurred in Nigeria on Saturday the December 10. Hawah Kamara, 49, and Thomas Lamy, 30, were two of…

LAGOS, Dec 6, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- At least four people died from clashes over supremacy by rival militia groups in the past several days in the southern Nigerian town of Omoku, police told Xinhua on Tuesday. "Only three…