Informes

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] PORT HARCOURT, 24 February (IRIN) - Residents in a rural town in the southern Niger Delta said government troops killed at least 30 people and torched houses during…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 24 February (IRIN) - At least 46 people have died in the past two weeks as a result of a cholera outbreak in southwestern Nigeria, a state…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] SEME, 22 February (IRIN) - The presidents of Benin and Nigeria have launched a new polio immunisation campaign in West Africa described by local officials and United Nations health…

[The following article is part of an IRIN Web Special on the challenges of refugee return and reintegration. The Web Special, The Long Journey Home, is available at: http://www.irinnews.org/webspecials/rr/default.asp] YELWA, 21 February (IRIN) - Throughout Plateau state in central Nigeria,…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 20 February (IRIN) - A national conference to debate constitutional reform opens in Nigeria on Monday. But many are sceptical that the forum, dominated by nominees of President Olusegun…

LAGOS, Feb 18, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- An outbreak of cerebrospinal meningitis has claimed at least 20 lives in six local government areas of Adamawa state in northeast Nigeria, the official News Agency of Nigeria reported Friday. Gusadi Ahilaga,…

ABUJA, Feb 17, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- At least 12 people have died of waterborne diseases in Gwagwalada in Nigeria's capital Abuja, an official of the local government said here Thursday. At a news briefing in the capital Abuja, Alhaji…

Government Must Combat Impunity; Oil Industry Should Ensure Transparency (London, February 4, 2005) -- In the oil-rich Niger Delta, the struggle among local leaders for oil revenue and government funds has fueled violent clashes between rival armed groups, Human Rights Watch…

A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper February 2005 Summary On September 27, 2004, the leader of a powerful armed group threatened to launch an "all-out war" in the Niger Delta -- sending shock waves through the oil industry -- unless the federal…

Executive summary While ethno-religious conflict is endemic in Nigeria - with at least 10,000 people killed and an estimated 800,000 internally displaced since military rule ended in 1999 - the past year has witnessed an alarming upsurge in the level…