Informes

Polio partners welcome African Union's firm response to outbreak Dakar, Geneva, New York, 2 October 2004 -- More than 80 million children will be immunized against polio in 23 countries across sub-Saharan Africa (22 countries in West & Central Africa, plus…

By Dino Mahtani ABUJA, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Talks between a rebel warlord and the Nigerian president aimed at preventing an explosion of violence in the oil-producing Niger Delta will resume on Friday, an organiser said. Rebels had threatened "all-out war on…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ABUJA, 29 September (IRIN) - A militia leader who has declared war on oil companies operating in southeastern Nigeria flew to the capital Abuja on Wednesday for surprise…

LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The rebel Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force in Nigeria is fighting for autonomy in the country's oil-rich Niger Delta and has threatened an "all-out war" from Friday. Following is a factbox on some of the current…

ABUJA, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Nigerian rebel warlord Mujahid Dokubo-Asari said on Wednesday he had agreed a temporary ceasefire to allow talks with the government, but he repeated his warning to foreign oil workers to leave the Niger Delta. Asari,…

LAGOS (Reuters) - The death toll of a bloody clash between Christian and Muslim mobs in the northeastern Nigerian state of Adamawa in June has been revised upward to 132, a government spokesman said on Monday. The Red Cross earlier…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] PORT HARCOURT, 10 September (IRIN) - At least 100 people have been killed and more than 6,000 displaced from their homes in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt…

[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KANO, 7 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - Nigeria has launched a new four-day polio immunisation drive to reach 13 million children in the staunchly Muslim north of the…

[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] PORT HARCOURT, 3 Sep 2004 (IRIN) - Nigeria has deployed extra troops to the southeastern city of Port Harcourt to clamp down on escalating gang warfare in…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KANO, 31 August (IRIN) - Heavily armed soldiers, naval officers and marine police are patrolling Port Harcourt, the hub of Nigeria's oil industry, after weekend gunbattles between rival gangs…