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.
Lake Chad Basin countries rely on the stabilisation and recovery of Maiduguri’s economy
Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in Nigeria, has always played a key role in the economy of the Lake Chad Basin, even though the city was also a Jamā’at […]
Boko Halal: Teach peace, not war
Hajiya Hamsatu Allamin is a remarkable woman – an educator, gender activist, author, human rights defender and a peace maker. She is also the founder and chief executive of the […]
Eight-month pregnant woman among 15 hostages who escaped extremist captors
Six women and their nine children who were abducted by extremists in Borno State managed to escape after months in captivity and join their loved ones this week after a […]
Motorbike ban reinstated because of escalating attacks in Niger’s Tillabéri region
Escalating and persistent insecurity in certain departments and municipalities of the Tillabéri region in western Niger have led authorities to reinstate the ban on riding motorcycles day and night. The […]
New facilities at the border of Cameroon and Nigeria offer citizens a new zest for life
Urgently needed infrastructure on the border between Banki in Nigeria’s Borno State and the town of Amchidé in Cameroon’s Far North province were officially opened on Thursday, October 7, and […]
The Sahel Song is a song of hope in a region in acute crisis
The Sahel is marked by the stunning, quiet beauty of its landscape and its rich and varied cultures – but in reality, this region faces one of the world’s fastest-growing […]
MNJTF commander-in-chief wants more resources to defeat jihadists
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) is struggling to “ensure the effectiveness of its actions”, according to its commander-in-chief, Major General Abdul Khalifah IBRAHIM.. He was addressing the Third Lake […]
Scores die in vicious battle between Islamic State and Boko Haram extremists
Scores of people died on Monday in a vicious battle between fighters belonging to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS) on […]
Witness says insurgents fired at plane before the bombing
A witness to the airstrike on Kwatar Daban Masara has told RNI that insurgents attacked the Nigerian military fighter plane first and only then did it start bombing the village. […]
More Boko Haram militants surrender to vigilante group
Seventy-three more members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS), commonly referred to as Boko Haram, surrendered to a vigilante group in the headquarters of the Damboa Local Government […]
