Tag: Boko Haram

Two ‘young girls’ used as human bombs in Nigeria

December 12, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Potiskum, Women, Yobe

Two girls said to be aged seven or eight have been used to bomb a market in Maiduguri, in north-east Nigeria, killing at least one other person and wounding 18. Both girls were killed as they detonated their explosives minutes apart, witnesses said. Police said the attacks happened when the . . . Read More

Boko Haram causing ‘untold misery’ in northern Cameroon

December 9, 2016 Cameroon Boko Haram, Far North, Georges Vandenbeusch, Lake Chad, Mayo-Tsanaga, Nguetchewe

Nearly 170,000 people have fled their homes in N. Cameroon, while the area has received at least 73,000 Nigerian refugees. World watch Monitor “Yesterday I had just one cup of millet [grain] left. There are 12 people in our house. We went to bed last night not knowing what we’ll . . . Read More

Boko Haram’s survivors now facing HIV/AIDS

December 2, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Gwoza, IDPs, Nigeria

At least 5,000 Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in 27 camps in Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno State have HIV/AIDS, a local official has revealed. Speaking to the media on Thursday (1 Dec.), Hassan Mustapha, the Coordinator on HIV/AIDS in Borno, said most of the patients were women who were rescued from captivity in . . . Read More

NE Nigeria has ‘more refugees than all of Europe’

November 29, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Nigeria, Refugees

“North-east Nigeria has been hit by a displacement crisis that dwarfs any migration flows seen in Europe in recent years,” reports . The small town of Monguno in Borno state, which has a population of 60,000, is sheltering 140,000 Nigerians who have fled their homes – comparable to the number . . . Read More

‘We must distinguish between Islam and terrorism’

November 28, 2016 Global News -- No Particular Country Amman, Boko Haram, Europe, Fulani herdsmen, Hungary, IDPs, Iraq, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Jacques Hamel, Jan Figel, Middle East, Nigeria, Nineveh Plains, Qaraqosh, Refugees, Religious freedom

Keeping the distinction between Islam and terrorism clear could prevent an ultimate ‘Clash of Civilisations’, an EU diplomat says. “All this hatred and bloodshed is a misuse of religion,” said Ján Figeľ, the European Commission’s first Special Envoy for the promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the EU. . . . Read More

Boko Haram still active in northeast Nigeria

November 25, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Nigeria

With the onset of the dry season in northern Nigeria (Oct-March), Boko Haram attacks have been on the increase. Yaga Yarkawa, the chairman of the Chibok Local Government Area – infamous as the scene of the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls two years ago – told journalists on Tuesday (22 Nov.) . . . Read More

Victims of Boko Haram, Fulani violence to receive trauma counselling

November 25, 2016 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Fulani herdsmen, IDPs, Plateau, Refugees, Trauma, Yola

A trauma care centre is being constructed in Nigeria to support Christians who have suffered religiously motivated violence or abuse at the hands of Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen. The centre is being built by Open Doors International, a charity which supports Christians under pressure for their faith. In April, . . . Read More

75,000 children in N. Nigeria risk ‘dying of hunger’; 14 million need humanitarian aid, says UN

November 18, 2016 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Borno, Cameroon, Chad, Gwoza, IDPs, Niger, UN, Yobe

The UN says 75,000 children are at risk of dying of hunger in north-east Nigeria.Open Doors International Seventy-five thousand children are at risk of dying of hunger in north-east Nigeria, reports the UN, as the region deals with the aftermath of Boko Haram violence. The UN also says that . . . Read More

Child marriage becoming a ‘cloud of crisis’ – N. Nigerian Christian leaders warn President

November 15, 2016 Bayelsa, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Children, ECWA, Hisbah, Katsina, Marriage, Nigeria, Sharia, Sultan of Sokoto

When the Northern States’ Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) recently met President Buhari at his Presidential Villa (3 Nov), they asked him to warn Northern Nigeria’s traditional rulers against child marriage. They said the trend was already gathering “a cloud of crisis” and would cause a serious crisis if not . . . Read More

UPDATE: Another Chibok schoolgirl escapes with baby

November 7, 2016 Nigeria Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria, Trauma

The released 21 Chibok girls met President Buhari – seen here with Vice President Osinbajo – at his villa in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, 19 Oct.The Office of the President A Nigerian Government spokesman, Sani Usman, told media another girl, believed to be one of the nearly 300 Chibok school . . . Read More

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