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Weekly Press Review : From Monday 1st to Friday 5th May, 2023
Humanitarian groups and Chadian authorities need urgent funding to support thousands of refugees fleeing across the border from neighboring Sudan, according to the World Food Programme.
Time for women to smash the shackles of silence and speak out
It’s time for women in Nigeria’s northeast to smash the shackles of silence and to speak out about issues that affect them, even if this means tearing down the stereotype that only men have the right to speak and women should simply obey.
Press gives a voice to those whose rights have been violated
It’s not easy being a journalist in Nigeria – especially in the northeast of the country where, armed with just a camera, digital recorder, a pen and paper, many members of the press have died, been kidnapped, harassed or assaulted while carrying
A lesson in living in peace and harmony
After more than 13 years of insurgency, many people in Borno State are finding it hard to live in harmony with one another, particularly as rehabilitated repentant insurgents – the very people who had tortured and killed their loved ones –
A man’s job? Nonsense, says successful woman cobbler
Being a cobbler in Borno State is not really regarded as the type of work women should do – but that hasn’t stopped Maryam Muhammad Umar, whose shoemaking business is thriving.
A mother’s anguish as son’s visit ends in his death
A young man who was visiting his mother at an internally displaced persons’ camp in Nguro Soye in the Bama Local Government Area of Borno State has been shot and killed by unknown gunmen, suspected of being members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah
Too many people + too few resources = broken environment
Overpopulation in Nigeria is having an extremely harmful effect on the environment and is contributing to less food production, increased pollution and frequent outbreaks of diseases.
Three humanitarian workers and two security guards abducted in Gamboru Ngala
Three humanitarian staff members of the Family Health International (FHI 360) organisation and two security guards have been abducted by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents in the Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State
At least 35 insurgents ‘neutralised’, scores arrested and more than 1,500 captives rescued in massive security onslaught
In a strategically planned seven-day operation in the Bama area of Borno State, troops, special forces, members of the civilian joint task force (CJTF) and local hunters “neutralised” at least 35 insurgents, captured 300, including some of their
Peace, harmony and joy as everyone – not only Muslims – celebrate Eid
At long last – after 13 years of insurgency in Borno State – residents of all religions in Maiduguri, the capital city, were able to make the most of the blessed Eid-el-Fitr festival and held peaceful, harmonious and joyful celebrations.
