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Nigeria army raids U.N. compound in city at center of Boko Haram conflict
news Reuters, 11 Aug 2017 (6 years ago )MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria's military raided a United Nations compound on Friday in the northeastern city at the epicenter of a conflict with Islamist insurgency Boko Haram, a UN official said. The objective of the search could not be determined but it could damage an already tense re... -
Nigeria: Crisis Update - July 2017
news msf, 10 Aug 2017 (6 years ago )A huge population dependent on assistance Increasing provision of aid and the end of the harvest have brought some relief to the humanitarian situation in more accessible areas of Borno state, Nigeria but the emergency is not over. Hundreds of thousands of people remain almost entirely dependent on... -
Nigeria: “People are dying of hepatitis E because they don’t have soap or clean water”
news msf, 10 Aug 2017 (6 years ago )Hundreds of people in a camp in northeastern Nigeria have been infected with hepatitis E after the disease spread from neighbouring Niger. The highly contagious disease has spread quickly through Ngala camp due to a combination of poor living conditions and flooding. MSF medical coordinator Nicolett... -
De retour de la RDC et du Nigéria, la Vice-Secrétaire générale estime que les femmes, trop souvent « victimes », peuvent devenir des « solut...
news UN, 10 Aug 2017 (6 years ago )De retour du Nigéria et de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), où elle s’est rendue du 19 au 27 juillet dernier, la Vice-Secrétaire générale de l’ONU, Mme Amina Mohammed, a fait, ce matin au Conseil de sécurité, le compte rendu de la mission de solidarité conjointe ONU-Union africaine (UA), «... -
Holistic Solutions in Addressing Gender-Based Violence Key to Tackling Multiple Crises in Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Security Co...
news UN, 10 Aug 2017 (6 years ago )Sexual Crimes ‘No Longer in the Shadows’, Says Bolivia, As Deputy Secretary-General Briefs on Bid to Drive Women, Peace, Security Agenda Donors, neighbouring countries and other partners must invest in holistic solutions to the multiple crises faced by Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the C... -
Nigeria: Keeping pace with displacement dynamics by assessing IDP movement intentions in Borno State
news reach-initiative, 09 Aug 2017 (6 years ago )In north-eastern Nigeria, over 2 million people have been forced into displacement, out of which 1.4 million are in Borno State. While some areas have recently experienced returns in proximity of main roads, the population from many Local Government Areas (LGAs) is likely to remain displaced for the... -
Media Group in Nigeria gives UNHCR another award for supporting IDPs and refugee returnees in North-East.
news UNHCR Nigeria, 08 Aug 2017 (6 years ago )The event was attended by both state and federal officials including the Executive Governor of Borno and his cabinet, members of the State parliament and the Federal minister of National Defence. The Chairman of Borno Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Baba Sheik Haruna said UNHCR, the Dangote ... -
The ECOWAS Commission comes to the Aid of People suffering from food crisis in the North East of Nigeria
news ECOWAS, 08 Aug 2017 (6 years ago )Maiduguri, 8 August 2017. The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) through one of its agencies, the Regional Food Security Reserve (RFSR) donated 1,130 tons, about 22,600 bags of foodstuff to the Nigerian government for distribution to the following States: Borno, Gom... -
AU: Return of Nigerian Refugees from Cameroon Should Be Voluntary
news voanews, 31 Jul 2017 (6 years ago )MAROUA, CAMEROON — The African Union Peace and Security Council has urged Cameroon to ensure the repatriation of Nigerian refugees fleeing Boko Haram is done on a voluntary basis. Hundreds of refugees, most of them children, complain they are thirsty and hungry as they leave Cameroon on their w... -
Nigerian Wins 2017 Sérgio Vieira de Mello Humanitarian Award
news thepolitico, 26 Jul 2017 (6 years ago )Dr. Rebecca Dali, the Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Caring, Empowerment, and Peace Initiatives (CCEPI), has won the 2017 Sérgio Vieira de Mello award in recognition of her humanitarian services in the North-East, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Mr Hanson Tamfu, the External Relati...