Regional News
Alliance members pledge their continued support in the Sahel
Members will focus on three priorities: creating employment opportunities, building resilience to shocks, and promoting regional development and access to basic services. Despite complex and multiple challenges affecting peace, security […]
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 […]
As many as 50,000 seeking refuge in Chad after fleeing fierce clashes between herders, farmers and fishermen in Cameroon’s Logone-Chari
It is estimated that as many as 50,000 residents have fled to Chad since violent clashes between herders, farmers and fishermen first broke out in Logone-Chari in Cameroon’s Far North region […]
Niger receives US$12.5 million grant to support most vulnerable people undermined by persistent violence and the effects of endemic poverty
The Regional Humanitarian Fund for West and Central Africa has approved the sum of US$12.5 million to deal with the most critical humanitarian needs and bring relief to some of […]
Cameroon: Residents of villages in Logone-et-Chari flee as herders, fishermen and farmers battle it out in bloody clashes
At least 22 people were killed and 30 injured when inter-community violence between herders, fishermen and farmers resurfaced for the umpteenth time in Ouloumsa in Logone-et-Chari, a department in the […]
Stop the rape pandemic in Nigeria: Amnesty International
Rape continues to be one of the most prevalent human rights violations in Nigeria – and reports continue to escalate. A damning report by Amnesty International published on November 17 […]
Cholera cases soar in Nigeria and Niger, reaching epidemic proportions
Cholera has become an epidemic in Nigeria and Niger, where the number of cases continue to escalate at an alarming rate. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian […]
