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.
G5 Sahel: Call to the United Nations Security Council for the creation of an operations support office
Extremist attacking terror groups, poor border security and the trafficking of people, illicit goods, weapons and drugs in countries of the G5 Sahel – Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and […]
A 200km firebreak in the Diffa region of Niger will benefit 2,755 households
In an attempt to stop runaway bush fires, protect pasture and the environment, a 200km firebreak has been cleared in the commune of Chetimari – which includes Camp Sayama Forage, […]
Nigerien eco-guard Soumaila Hima released after nearly 18 months in captivity
Nigerien eco-guard Soumaila Hima, who was abducted in an attack on the Prélegou surveillance post in March 2020, has been released. He had been held captive for nearly 18 months. […]
Brigadier-general one of seven army personnel killed in two separate extremist attacks
The Nigerian military has confirmed that a brigadier-general was killed on Saturday in an attack by extremists affiliated with the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the Askira/Uba Local […]
It is essential to develop a communication plan to counter terror, radicalism and violent extremism in G5 Sahel region
A meeting to discuss and develop an action plan – the 2022-2024 Communication Strategy – among the G5 Sahel countries was held in Bamako, Mali, from November 8 to 10. […]
Boko Haram kill four people in a village in Cameroon, then head back to Nigeria
Four civilians were killed and four others wounded in an extremist attack on Wednesday night on the Tourou township of Mokolo in the Far North region of Cameroon. The attackers […]
Cameroon: Economic development plan to benefit five million people, including 341,000 internally displaced persons
One in four households is food insecure in the Far North region of Cameroon and, of the 341, 000 internally displaced persons who live there, 38.2% suffer from chronic malnutrition, […]
Residents flee for their lives as ISWAP attacks village in Askira-Uba
A hospital, schools and houses were burnt – and many residents had to flee into the bush, fearing for their lives – when suspected members of the Islamic State West […]
Action plan to raise the standards of teaching and learning in Sahel countries
Education is said to be the key to economic, social and environmental progress, yet more than 10.5 million children in the Sahel countries of Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Senegal […]
More than 12 million children are too afraid to go to school in Nigeria because of extremist attacks
More than 12 million children are traumatised and refuse to go to school because they are just too afraid they will be kidnapped, abducted or even killed. Nigeria President Muhammadu […]
