Rapports

LAGOS, 24 February (IRIN) - Two more states in northern Nigeria have refused to participate in a global vaccination campaign to eradicate polio which kicked off this week. However, one state has lifted the suspension of polio vaccinations which it…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] LAGOS, 19 February (IRIN) - The success of the global effort to eradicate polio may rest on the outcome of a week-long tour of India, South Africa and…

LAGOS, Jan 26, 2004 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Seven people have been feared killed at the weekend in fresh outbreak of violence in riverine parts of Warri, an oil-rich city in Nigeria's southern state of Delta, local newspaper This…

KANO, NORTHERN NIGERIA, 19 January (IRIN) Authorities in northern Nigeria's Kano State said on Sunday the suspension of polio immunisation in the state would remain in force until their fears about the vaccines used were adequately addressed. Reacting to a…

In 1988, the World Health Assembly, a body comprised of Ministers of Health from every WHO member nation, established the goal of global eradication of poliomyelitis. At the time, wild poliovirus was endemic in more than 125 countries on…

WARRI, 12 January (IRIN) - Ethnic tension is rising once again in the volatile Niger Delta after unidentified gunmen attacked two boats near the oil city of Warri, killing at least 18 of the passengers on board. Delta State government…

KANO, 6 January (IRIN) - At least 10,000 people fled their homes in northeastern Nigeria over the past two weeks following clashes in the region between the security forces and armed Islamic militants, government officials said on Tuesday. Mohamed Powa,…

ABUJA, 2 January (IRIN) - Some 800,000 people have been displaced from their homes as a result of communal and religious clashes that have rocked Nigeria over the past four years, according to the government's National Commission for Refugees…

WARRI, 9 December (IRIN) - Fears are mounting of renewed fighting between rival ethnic militias in Nigeria's southern oil town of Warri following reports that one of the groups had broken a two-month-old truce, residents said on Tuesday. Residents of…

EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION Equatorial surface and subsurface temperatures were warmer than average throughout most of the Pacific during October. SST anomalies greater than +0.5°C (~1°F) were observed in most areas along the equator between…