Rapports

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KANO, 23 August (IRIN) - Nine people were killed by flash floods in northeastern Nigeria at the weekend and several hundred were made homeless as drains overflowed and…

LAGOS, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Nigeria has seen small numbers of locusts in some northern areas, but authorities in Africa's most populous country said they had already stocked up on pesticides to prevent them damaging a bumper crop expected…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] KANO, 18 August (IRIN) - Three months after a spate of Muslim attacks on Christians in Kano, the largest city in northern Nigeria, thousands of people are still…

LAGOS, Aug 16, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- At least 16 persons have been feared killed in southern Nigeria following violent clashes by two rival cult groups, local daily ThisDay reported Monday. The clash occurred at about 2 a.m. (0100 GMT)…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] ABUJA, 13 August (IRIN) - Flash floods in northeastern Nigeria engulfed three villages as the residents slept, killing at least 28 people and making 500 families homeless, government officials…

LAGOS, Aug 5, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- In spite of repeated rounds of immunization against polio in Nigeria's northern state of Katsina, more polio cases are being recorded, the News Agency of Nigeria reported Thursday. Alhaji Rabiu Bakori, director…

By Shuaibu Mohammed JOS, Nigeria, Aug 4 (Reuters) - More than 258,000 people are still displaced from religious clashes in Nigeria that killed hundreds of people in the central state of Plateau three months ago, officials said on Wednesday. Christian militia…

Geneva - The spearheading partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative welcome the resumption of polio immunization campaigns in Kano, Nigeria. The Initiative re-affirms its commitment to support Kano's state, traditional and religious leaders, as well as Nigeria's federal ministry…

3 AUGUST 2004 , GENEVA -- The spearheading partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative welcome the resumption of polio immunization campaigns in Kano, Nigeria. The Initiative re-affirms its commitment to support Kano's state, traditional and religious leaders, as well…

Summary of published paper1 A recent religious/ethnic conflict in northern Nigeria provided a rare opportunity to investigate the effects of displacement on the growth and body composition of the children of families that were forced to migrate. In September 2001,…