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...

ABUJA — The death toll from last week's bombing of civilian IDP camp in northeastern Nigeria has more than quadrupled from the originally reported 70 to 236 people. The Nigerian military says the bombing was an accident and is under investigation. A team of six senior officers of the Nigerian Air...

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...

Boubara, 11 January 2017 - Reconciliation - understood as the restoration of social cohesion through socio-economic development - offers the opportunity to gather communities around common projects. All parties are thus involved in activities related to the common good, rather than centred on parti...

The World Health Organisation and the United Nations have embarked on a campaign to vaccinate 4.7 million children against measles in Nigerian states affected by conflict. Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Chikwe Ihekweazu explains the importance of the massive campai...

23 January 2017 – Spotlighting the desperate plight of millions in Africa’s Lake Chad basin, the top United Nations humanitarian official for the Sahel region called today for international solidarity with the people in urgent need. “I wish I had good news, but I don’t,” Toby Lanzer, the Humanita...