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.
Bombing: At least 20 fishermen killed in a Nigerian army airstrike on village in Lake Chad
At least 20 fishermen were killed on Sunday morning when a Nigerian army fighter plane bombed Kwatar Daban Masara, a village bordering Lake Chad. Military sources told AFP on Monday […]
Boko Haram operatives move en masse to northwest Nigeria
More than 250 members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS), more commonly referred to as Boko Haram, have left northeastern Nigeria to join criminal gangs in the northwest, […]
Cholera in Borno State under control in most local government areas
The cholera outbreak has been controlled in most local government areas in Borno State but a few are still battling the highly infectious disease. Dr Lawi Mshelia, director in the state’s […]
Niger: Hundreds of people demonstrate against escalating insecurity in Tillabéri
Hundreds of people took to the streets in Tillabéri on Saturday, September 18, to protest against severe and escalating insecurity. Civil society had launched the call for national cohesion and […]
G5 Sahel forces dismantle extremist network in border zone
Members of the G5 Sahel forces have dismantled an extremist network in the border zone of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. They discovered the network through informants. The G5 Sahel […]
Cholera outbreak in Nigeria and Niger: Thousands have died and thousands more are sick
The cholera outbreak in Nigeria and Niger has already killed thousands of people and thousands more are ill. And neighbouring country Chad is taking every precaution to prevent the outbreak […]
Dancing and singing as Nigeria and Cameroon reopen El Beid Bridge border
Residents danced and sang on the El Beid Bridge on Thursday, September 9, as delegates from Cameroon and Nigeria agreed to reopen the border between the two countries. The border […]
One million children risk being out of school because of kidnappings and insecurity
Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, has nearly 20% of out-of-school children in the world. And, in the north of the country, two-thirds of the pupils are illiterate. The […]
State funeral for Déby on Friday
A state funeral for Chad President Idriss Déby Itno will take place on Friday, military officials announced on Tuesday. It will be held in the capital N’Djamena. Déby will be […]
Horror as 110 rice farmers massacred
More than 110 rice farmers were killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Saturday evening at Zabarmari village, in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari […]
