Humanitarian
World Refugee Day doesn’t mean much to those living in internally displaced persons’ camps
While countries around the globe marked World Refugee Day on Monday, June 20, nothing much has changed for those living in Gubio internally displaced persons’ camp – in fact, if […]
Two young women – victims of the horror abduction in 2014 of 276 Chibok schoolgirls – found during army patrol
Two young women, who were among the 276 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by insurgents eight years ago from the Government Girls Secondary School, have been found. The Nigerian Army confirmed on […]
Kirawa : Almost a rags-to-riches tale as nowhere town starts over again
The formerly thriving border town of Kirawa in Borno State was left in tatters by the insurgency; its people had fled from persistent and deadly attacks, forced to take refuge […]
Teaching and learning in the school of hard knocks
Baba Abba Ali loves his job – he’s a teacher who tries to make his lessons not only informative and instructive, but also fun because he wants the kids in […]
Insurgency : Mass burials became necessary because grave yards had no more space
At the height of the insurgency in northeast Nigeria, from 2012 to 2014, so many people were killed that the cemeteries reached their capacity and grave diggers were forced to […]
Thousands of Nigerian refugees in Niger face starvation if they do not get urgent humanitarian aid
Brief – More than 10,000 Nigerian refugees from Borno State, who live in the Ngel Modu Mai camp in Diffa in Niger, face starvation if they do not receive urgent […]
Five killed, 60 wounded and more than 100 homes destroyed as vicious windstorm sweeps through Damaturu in Yobe State
Five people were killed, 60 injured and more than 100 houses destroyed when a massive and destructive windstorm – accompanied by heavy downpours – swept through the town of Damaturu […]
‘Médecins sans Frontières is here to help us not harm or kill us’
A hospital built and run by Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) has been accused of burning medical waste in the heart of a community in Maiduguri, the thick smoke of which […]
UN Secretary-General gives hope to internally displaced persons in Borno State, acknowledging their grave need for humanitarian aid
A refugee or internally displaced persons’ camp would be the last place on earth that António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, would like to live with his family. Guterres said […]
One year after the death of former president Idriss Déby, ordinary Chadians are pessimistic that the country will ever return to civilian rule
A year after the death of Idriss Déby Itno, the former president of Chad, and the subsequent takeover of the government by the Tchadian Military Council (TMC), ordinary citizens and […]
