Peace & Security
Insurgents threaten to murder or abduct farmers if they tend to their harvests
Farmers fear for their lives and stay away from their lands because of threats by insurgents – scavengers are also stealing their harvests and herders are allowing their animals to […]
Woman civilian joint task force member found dead in Hausari River in Damboa district
A thorough investigation is ongoing to find the perpetrators who beat and stabbed a woman CJTF member and left her body, which was badly bruised with multiple stab wounds, in […]
Former insurgents fighting side by side with the military: A step in the right direction?
Counterinsurgency expert thinks that having former fighters working with the military – giving them motorbikes and AK-47 rifles – might be ‘too soon’. Gado was 22 years old when he […]
Unknown gunmen drown farmer in the Hausari River on the outskirts of Damboa town
Residents of Damboa town in Borno State say they are shocked because they have never heard of insurgents drowning their victims. Unknown gunmen, thought to be members of Jamā’at Ahl […]
Two traders killed and a top civilian joint task force member wounded in separate attacks in Damboa district
Attacks in Azir and Damboa towns in Borno State prompt operatives to beef up security measures. Two traders have been shot and killed and a civilian joint task force (CJTF) […]
Unknown gunman severely wounds soldier in Dikwa internally displaced persons’ camp
Tension in the air as shooting at Modu Kasa camp causes suspicion and wariness between IDPs, soldiers and civilian joint task force members. The Nigerian Armed Forces and members of […]
Improvised explosive devices planted by insurgents turn important trading route into a road of terror
The busiest commercial route linking Nigeria’s northeast to Cameroon, Chad and the Niger Republic has become a highway to hell. Insurgents have turned the 138km Maiduguri-Dikwa-Mafa-Gamboru Ngala road into a […]
25,000 missing people in Nigeria: What is the government doing to find them?
Families of missing relatives are angry that instead of releasing innocent people, the government is focusing on the rehabilitation and reintegration of former combatants. Angry, sad and disappointed relatives of […]
Soldier and three passengers killed and an unknown number of people missing in ambush in Gwoza
Farmers terrified of going to harvest their produce because of almost daily deadly attacks by insurgents. One soldier and three civilian passengers were killed when insurgents ambushed a convoy of […]
Four fishermen killed in violent clash between two insurgent factions over ‘ownership’ of Lake Chad area
Fishermen caught up in ISWAP and JAS fight lose more than 100 canoes as well as nets and traps – and they are terrified now of leaving the safety of […]
