Reports

By Tommi Laulajainen MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, 5 April 2012 – “I want to call on our brothers and sisters… to lay down their arms and embrace peace and dialogue,” announced Kashim Shettima, the Governor of Borno State, at…

A surge in large-scale attacks over the past year by Nigerian Islamist terrorist organization Boko Haram presents a serious threat to stability in West Africa’s most populous state and the world’s sixth largest oil exporter. The…

Wednesday, 04 April 2012 12:24 Federal Ministry of Health Weekly Epidemiology Report a total of 714 suspected cases of Lassa fever have been reported from 19 States as at 23 rd March 2012 with 110 Laboratory confirmed…

At the beginning of 2012, WHO was notified by the Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria of an outbreak of Lassa fever. As of March 22, 2012, 623 suspected cases, including 70 deaths have been recorded…

IBADAN, NIGERIA (2 APRIL 2012)—In one of the most ambitious efforts ever undertaken on behalf of an orphan crop like yam, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and a host of partners announced today a…

Highlights The prevalence of acute malnutrition has been on the increase, affecting hundreds of thousands of children under five. The situation is further worsened by droughts and pest infestation of crops during the last harvest season From January…

The Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations is to provide logistics support to strengthen country's capacity for emergency response and preparedness. The leader of the team, Laurent Dufour who led members of…

From the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Predicting the future impacts of climate change is a difficult business. Even determining the future physical effects is fraught because of the complexity of the…

Suspected sect members kill policeman, 3 others Friday Prison break frees 14 in separate northeast attack Islamists Boko Haram have killed hundreds this year (Releads, changes headline after latest attacks) By Ibrahim Mshelizza MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, March 30 (Reuters) - Suspected…

Persistent civil insecurity in the north is limiting food flows to affected areas Key messages Current price and conflict shocks are leading to acute food insecurity. However, the number of food-insecure people is fewer than 20 percent of…