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Girl with explosives not a Chibok victim

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On 29 March, World Watch Monitor  that a teenage girl, detained in Cameroon when authorities discovered she was carrying explosives, claimed she was one of the nearly 300 girls kidnapped two years ago from her school in Chibok, Nigeria. Today, the that Nigerian officials say the girl is not a Chibok . . . Read More

Ethnic affairs ministry ‘vital’ to Myanmar

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Myanmar’s new President-elect says the appointment of a new ethnic affairs ministry is “vital” for the country’s future. In his first public address, Htin Kyaw said the ministry would be central to Myanmar’s “peace, development and sustainability”. Myanmar is made up of eight major ethnic groups, who all hoped for . . . Read More

At least 15 dead in fresh attack in Benue

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At least 15 people are feared killed in a fresh attack attributed to suspected Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria’s central Benue state. On 17 March, unidentified armed men stormed Tombo, in Buruku, killing residents, setting fire to properties and then taking over the deserted villages, an eye-witness told Nigeria’s Vanguard Media. . . . Read More

US declares ISIS campaign ‘genocide’

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The US government has declared that Islamic State has committed genocide against Christians and other religious groups. Secretary of State John Kerry said on behalf of the government that Islamic State was “genocidal by self-proclamation, by ideology and by actions”. It follows the declaring atrocities committed by ISIS in Iraq . . . Read More