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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.
UN Demands Justice for 63 Killed in Nigeria’s Northeast
“Civilians should never be a target”. The United Nations strongly condemned the recent attack in Darul Jamal, a village in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, Nigeria. 63 people, including Nigerian soldiers, was murdered during the assault.
UNHAS shutdown fligths operations in Nigeria’s Northeast over lack of funding
Funding Shortages Forced UN to Shut Down Air Services in Nigeria’s Northeast. The shutdown will severely compromise the humanitarian response in Nigeria’s northeast, where millions are already suffering from hunger, displacement, and insecurity.
Insurgents kill six more farmers and abduct two others in Gwoza district of Borno State
Emir of Gwoza says people gathered at his palace not to protest but rather to show their sympathy for him and the relatives of murdered and abducted farmers. Six farmers […]
Widows of slain Civilian Joint Task Force members appeal to government for financial aid
The widows of Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) members who died on the frontline have called on the Borno State government to provide them with food, healthcare and education for their children, saying they are poor and struggling to make ends meet.
Borno Schools to Re-open 29 October?
Director of State Universal Basic Education Board refuses to grant RNI an interview
