Humanitarian
Widowed by Insecurity, Women Struggle to Remarry in Borno State, North-East Nigeria.
Barriers hinder women from remarrying. Data on Nigeria report more than 10,000 women widowed since Boko Haram conflict in 2009. During the insurgency, hundreds of young men from Borno state were arrested, abducted, or forced to join the insurgents.
Nigeria : Child Rights Act a long-awaited victory for the children of Borno State
There was a collective sigh of relief from civil society and local and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs), among others, this week when Borno State governor Babagana Zulum signed into law […]
Female genital mutilation: Stop violating our girls and women
Even though female genital mutilation (FGM) was banned in Nigeria in 2015, the country still has one of the highest rates of what is recognised internationally as a violation of […]
High cost of living is forcing people to sell their possessions just so they can put food on the table
Starving residents of Maiduguri will sell just about anything if it will help them to make ends meet and put food on their tables. The high cost of living has […]
Evacuated IDPs in dire need of money and food
Life outside the closed state-run internally displaced persons’ camps in Maiduguri is not easy. Many of the IDPs who have settled in host communities are finding it hard to make […]
Cameroon: Authorities committed to the return of refugees and displaced persons
The resurgence in December of intercommunal conflict in Logone and Chari in Cameroon’s Far North spread to several surrounding towns and villages and led to the displacement of more than […]
Teaching self-reliance and empowering women
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has stepped in to help the Farya community in Maiduguri to become more self-reliant – especially the women. en.More than 400 residents went through an […]
A starving New Year for stranded IDPs who are desperate for government payout
No food, no water and no money – the New Year does not look good for those stranded in internally displaced persons’ camps of Maiduguri, who are still waiting for […]
Thousands of IDPs get reprieve as government payout agreement is delayed
The festive season and the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari to commission projects in Maiduguri on Wednesday, December 23, has given thousands of internally displaced persons some reprieve. They were […]
Teenager dreads evacuation from Teachers Camp in Maiduguri
Many men have tried to have sex with her, her brother was hit by a car while begging and now 17-year-old Adama Muhammad, who looks after her five siblings and […]
Government lied to us about food assistance, claim IDPs
In Brief – The government has not kept its promise to provide healthy and essential food and, when it did help feed internally displaced persons in Maiduguri’s Teachers Village Camp, […]
