Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘abducts more women and girls’
(BBC) – Dozens of women and girls from two villages in Nigeria’s north-eastern Adamawa state have been abducted by suspected militants, residents say. The abductions have not been [...]
Some abducted schoolgirls may never return – Nigerian ex-president
(Reuters) – Some of the schoolgirls abducted by militant group Boko Haram may never return home, Nigeria’s influential former president Olusegun Obasanjo said, in some of the most [...]
Boko Haram Suspected of New Kidnappings in Nigeria
(New York Times) – Militants are suspected of having abducted dozens more girls and women in northeastern Nigeria, news reports said on Tuesday, reviving concerns about hundreds of [...]
Time to investigate abuses in Nigeria
(IRIN) – Rights groups in Nigeria are calling for an independent investigation into evidence of abuses as video footage obtained by human rights group Amnesty International appears to show [...]
Watchlist MRM Trainings in DRC this July
On 9-18 July, Watchlist conducted a field mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with the objective to deliver trainings to civil society organizations in Goma on the UN-led [...]
Watchlist Releases the Second Edition of its “1612 Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism. A Resource Pack for Non-Governmental Organizations”
On 5 May, Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict released the second edition of its “1612 Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism. A Resource Pack for Non-Governmental Organizations”. Originally [...]
Protecting Children from Extreme Violence: Watchlist Attends Wilton Park Conference
From October 3 to 5, Watchlist Executive Director Eva Smets participated in a conference organized by the Paris Principles Steering Group at Wilton Park, United Kingdom, entitled “Protecting [...]
Chibok abductions: Nigeria girls’ taken abroad’
(BBC News) – Some of the schoolgirls abducted by suspected militant Islamists in northern Nigeria are believed to have been taken to neighbouring states. Link
Police: Girl suicide bomber kills 5, injures 41 in Boko Haram bus station attack in Nigeria
(AP) – Two suicide bombers carried out separate attacks Tuesday that killed five people in Damaturu, a town in northeastern Nigeria, police and witnesses said. In one attack, a girl bomber [...]
At UNGA, World Leaders Commit to Strengthening Support for Former Child Soldiers
On September 24, 2018, world leaders came together on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to pledge their support for children formerly associated with armed forces and groups. At a side [...]
