Regional News
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.
Breastfeeding the best feeding – but not for poor mothers in Nigeria’s northeast
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) say breastfeeding is the best feeding for babies for at least the first six months of their lives […]
Gunmen go on weekend killing spree in central and northwest Nigeria
Unknown gunmen killed dozens of people, including 11 members of the security services, in two attacks at the weekend in Kogi State in central Nigeria and Katsina in the northwest, […]
International Day of Education: Not much to celebrate in G5 Sahel countries
As most of the world celebrated the International Day of Education on Monday, January 24, there was not much to celebrate in the G5 Sahel countries, where thousands of schools […]
Kerosene fire: 200 houses burnt
Brief – More than 200 houses were set on fire in Ajiri town in the Mafa Local Government Area in Borno State on Monday morning, January 3, when a kerosene […]
Insecurity escalating in the Sahel
Countries in the Sahel are fearful of escalating insecurity in the region. In the latest cases, four Malian soldiers were killed in an attack by suspected insurgents, a Nigerien humanitarian […]
Food crisis: The European Union comes to the aid of Sahel countries
Because of the unprecedented food crisis affecting more than 8.7 million people in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Mauritania, the European Union (EU) has allocated €15 million in additional humanitarian […]
Gunmen kidnap four worshippers during Isha’i prayers
Brief – Four worshippers were kidnapped when gunmen attacked a mosque in Tella village in the Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State at about 7pm on Wednesday, December 22. […]
African countries in Lake Chad Basin and some in the Sahel will benefit from US$1.6 billion funding from Islamic Development Bank
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has approved financing of US$1.6 billion for 24 new development projects in 19 of its member countries in Asia, Europe and Africa, including Nigeria, Niger, […]
Niger: 53,562 children, including 25,828 girls, are being deprived of the right to education because of activities linked to armed groups
Insecurity in the Tillabéri region of western Niger has forced the closure of 579 schools since the start of the year. A report by the United Nations Office for the […]
ISWAP attack village, looting and burning shops and houses
In Brief – Insurgents, thought to be members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), attacked Debro village in the Biu Local Government Area of Borno, on Sunday, December […]
