Female suicide bombers in Nigeria are now carrying babies to avoid detection in their attacks, authorities warn. An attack in the town of Madagali on 13 January saw two women detonate their devices, killing themselves, two babies, and four others. They had passed a vigilante checkpoint, mistaken f...

12 April 2017 – The use of children, particularly girls, by the Boko Haram terrorist group in violent attacks in the Lake Chad region has seen an “alarming” surge in 2017, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported. According to the UNICEF report, Silent Shame: Bringing out the voic...

by Lin Taylor | @linnytayls | Thomson Reuters Foundation Thursday, 5 January 2017 17:45 GMT Unfolding catastrophe in the Lake Chad basin was named the most neglected crisis of 2016 (Adds details) By Lin Taylor LONDON, Jan 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women in the Lake Chad basin h...

By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani YOLA, Nigeria, Feb 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For the first time in his life, 17-year-old Muhammed Sani can identify the letters of the English alphabet, read simple sentences in English, such as: "I want to eat" and "I want to go home". He can also work out si...

Dix fois plus d'enfants utlisés comme kamikazes par Boko Haram en un an dans la région du Lac Tchad selon un l'UNICEF. Quarante-quatre enfants ont été utilisés pour mener des attaques suicide au Cameroun, au Tchad et au Nigeria l'an dernier, contre quatre en 2014. Les trois quarts étaient des ...