Nigeria

Teaser: Borno State senator says there is an urgent need to provide the military and other security operatives with sophisticated weapons to end the rampant killings and destruction Twenty-six people…

Teaser:  At least 14 people have been killed in an insurgent attack on Kwaple, a village 5km from Chibok in Borno State. Many people are still missing. The attackers, believed…

Teaser: Many farmers in Borno State are still sceptical about the ravages of climate change, which is a threat to populations, livelihoods and the health of the environment  As the…

In a desperate measure to survive, young girls and women, including widows and divorcees, in Borno State’s internally displaced persons’ camps are selling sex for food. Drug abuse and other…

Teaser: Deadly blast just days after Borno State governor holds a special expanded security meeting to discuss the escalation of attacks – he says the state is ‘losing ground’ to…

Teaser: People left with only the clothes on their back as they drop everything and flee from fires that blazed through the densely packed settlements of Wanori, Kalari and Nugururi…

Teaser: A captain and a corporal have died in a third attack by insurgents in two weeks on military formations in Borno State – residents say ‘scores of terrorists’ were…

Teaser: As the number of cerebrospinal meningitis cases surges across Nigeria, displaced persons in Borno State say more children are falling ill every day and they fear for their lives. …

Teaser: ‘The urgency for a cohesive and collaborative response has never been more pressing … failure to fill the void left by Niger’s exit could plunge the region into deeper…

Senator urges federal government to wake up from its slumber, address the root causes of the insurgency and deploy technological warfare ‘including drones to end this madness’.  Two soldiers have…