Rapports

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ABUJA, 25 Apr 2005 (IRIN) - The Nigerian government has rushed emergency help to Benue State in southeastern Nigeria to deal with an outbreak of cholera in the…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 20 Apr 2005 (IRIN) - The number of new polio cases recorded in Nigeria has declined sharply in recent months, but the country still accounts for more…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] YAOUNDE, 15 Apr 2005 (IRIN) - Cameroon, Nigeria and the UN Refugee agency UNHCR have signed an agreement providing for the voluntary repatriation of 10,000 Nigerians who fled…

LAGOS, April 13 (Reuters) - At least 14 people, including a toddler and a pregnant woman, were shot or hacked to death by ethnic Fulani militias who attacked two villages in the central Nigerian state of Benue, a local…

LAGOS, Apr 11, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- At least 179 children have died of measles while more than 4,000 others were affected in the northern Nigerian state of Jigawa during the last three months, the official News Agency…

LAGOS, Apr 9, 2005 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- At least 20 children have been killed by gastroenteritis this year in a local government area in the southwest Nigerian state of Enugu, state media reported Sunday. The outbreak of the disease,…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ABUJA, 21 March (IRIN) - Measles killed more than 500 children between January and mid-March in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday. An…

WHO has received reports of 1118 cases including 76 deaths (case fatality rate, 6.8%) reported in 12 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Adamawa state, Nigeria as of 28 February 2005. The cases have been clinically diagnosed as measles but…

The following statement was issued by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights: The Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights,…

AI Index: AFR 44/006/2005 (Public) News Service No: 054 Public Statement Amnesty International fears that a military operation by the Joint Task Force Operation Restore Hope in the town of Odioma, Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta has resulted in…