Rapports

AI Index: AFR 44/003/2012 24 January 2012 Amnesty International today condemned the deadly attacks by members of Boko Haram in Kano, and called on the Nigerian Government to do more to protect the life and security of the…

Jan 24 (Reuters) - Following is a timeline of religious and ethnic violence in Nigeria over the last 10 years: 2000 - Thousands killed in northern Nigeria as non-Muslims opposed to the introduction of sharia (Islamic law)…

Abuja (ICRC) – More than 30 surgeons from various hospitals in Nigeria have gathered in Abuja to attend a seminar organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) that will focus on surgical techniques…

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's National Assembly is to strengthen the country's Anti-Terrorism Act so it can be more effectively used to checkmate the activities of the rampaging Islamic sect Boko Haram, according to Senate President…

Bring Attackers to Justice, Step up Security (Abuja, January 24, 2012) – The campaign of violence by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, including attacks on churches and suicide bombings in the first three weeks of 2012…

The spokesperson of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, issued the following statement today: The High Representative is profoundly shocked and saddened by…

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned today the multiple attacks across the northern Nigerian city of Kano, which resulted in large-scale casualties and massive destruction to property. According to media reports, an estimated 150 people were killed on…

Peter Heinlein | Abuja Friday's deadly bomb attacks in Nigeria's second largest city, Kano, are the latest in a series of spectacular strikes by the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram. The coordinated series of assaults on police…

The Islamist sect Boko Haram carried out its deadliest assault in a single day, killing more than 100 people in coordinated bombings and shootings in Nigeria's second largest city of Kano late on Friday. The group's increasingly…

Nigerian farmers are getting cleaner seed yams that promise better harvests in the seasons ahead, thanks to the healthy seed yam producing technique by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture. The healthy seed yam producing technique involves…