Rapports

In the wake of the horrific terrorist attacks that hit the city of Kano, France has mobilized its efforts to assist the victims by delivering 600 kg of medical assistance which will make it possible to…

PARIS, Feb 2 (KUNA) - France announced on Thursday it was shipping 600 kilos of medical aid to strife-torn Nigeria in the wake of extremist attacks that have killed hundreds of people in the past month. Sectarian…

Minority Rights Group International (MRG) warns that Nigeria risks heading into a sectarian conflict if the government does not act decisively in the face of violent attacks committed by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. ‘The threat…

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Suspected militants from the Boko Haram Islamist sect have killed six people in shootings in Nigeria's remote northeastern Borno state in the past two days, the local military field operations…

After years of armed violence, health care for the hundreds of communities along the creeks of the Niger Delta are very limited. Since 2010, the ICRC and the health ministry have been running an outreach programme…

There is a tradition of Islamic radicalism in northern Nigeria, but this has mainly been non-worldly, advocating a purer way of Islamic life. This changed at the turn of the millennium with the emergence of the…

Nigeria’s Igbo tribes are staging a mass evacuation of women and children from the north due to violence blamed on the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram. Nigeria’s eastern Igbo leaders are calling for tribal families living in…

Nigerian Sunni Muslim militant group emerged from background of sectarian tensions and deprivation In the fast-changing world of violent Sunni Muslim activism, it is reassuring to find that some things remain the same. Every militant group that…

Tearfund partners in Nigeria are providing essential aid to people displaced by a recent surge in violence. Food, water and clothing are being distributed to families that have arrived in the central city of Jos from northern…

Security Council SC/10530 AFR/2327 The following Security Council press statement was issued on 25 January by Council President Baso Sangqu (South Africa): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the multiple terrorist attacks that occurred in…