Une semaine après l'attaque d'un camp militaire à Gao qui a fait 77 morts et 120 blessés, selon le dernier bilan officiel ,l’enquête progresse. Une vaste opération de sécurisation nommée « Filidjo » est en cours dans la ville et ses alentours. Les premiers résultats des forces armées sont jugés enco...

The humanitarian crisis in northern Nigeria has implications that Europe can ill afford to ignore, according to a top UN official. Nigeria was the third largest source of migrants crossing the Mediterranean in 2016 (pdf). Toby Lanzer, the UN assistant secretary general and lead humanitarian coord...

Nigeria - IOM has provided mattresses, blankets, water purification tablets, mosquito nets and other essential items to 12,500 displaced families (70,073 individuals) and others affected by Boko Haram violence in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states, north-eastern Nigeria, over the last six weeks. Many f...

More than 30,000 children have lost or been separated from their parents during insurgency which has left nearly two million uprooted after fleeing Boko Haram By Kieran Guilbert MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Jan 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Running his fingers over the wide scars on his knee and th...

Malian refugees who have been residing in the ‘refugee hosting area’ of Tazalit, many for over 4 years, are currently moving towards the second hosting area of Intikane, following the decision of the Government of Niger to close Tazalit hosting area. In October 2016, a violent attack was carried out...

After a sleepless night because of the rumours that the fighting was getting nearer the town of Damaturu, Aisha is plaiting the hair of her first client of the day. But it's not long before the sound of bombs becomes louder. The gunfire is also getting closer. Eventually it gets too close and it's t...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres released US$100 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to sustain aid operations in nine neglected emergencies. CERF’s largest allocation of the year will reach more than 6 million people in crises where levels of vulnerability ar...

Abuja, 26 January 2017 – In a major vaccination campaign concluding this week, 4.7 million children are being vaccinated in response to a measles outbreak in northeast Nigeria. The campaign is covering the three states most affected by the Boko Haram conflict – Adamawa, Borno and Yobe – where insecu...

In this unique Nigerian school, children born to Boko Haram learn together with those orphaned by the militant group By Kieran Guilbert and Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Jan 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Boko Haram militants stormed his home in northeast Nigeria three yea...

For many women uprooted by Boko Haram, it is the first time they have visited a health facility, or heard about birth control By Kieran Guilbert MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Jan 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nestled among dozens of pregnant women huddled together on benches in the clinic's antenata...