Nigeria: Two killed in a foiled suicide attack in Maiduguri
(AFP) – A local vigilante and a young suicide bomber lost their lives in a foiled suicide bomb attack in Dalori Quarters in Maiduguri Borno state north-east Nigeria. The attack which [...]
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 [...]
Nigeria’s Chibok School Girl Kidnapping Six Months Later
(Council on Foreign Relations) – On the night of April 14-15, 2014 up to three hundred girls from different schools in northeastern Nigeria gathered for their final examinations in the town [...]
Nigerian Activist Runs Schools to Counter Boko Haram Violence
(VOA News) – When Rebecca Gadzama meets with the teachers she oversees, they sometimes hold the meeting outdoors, under trees in open fields. It gives them a chance to spot danger and run [...]
From Human Bomb to Paralegal, Boko Haram Survivor Helps Heal Her Community
(United Nations Population Fund) – When she was only 15, her husband brought her to an island near the border of Nigeria. They were going on a fishing trip, he said. Instead, he took her to [...]
Boko Haram Must Release Girls Abducted Three Weeks Ago
(OSRSG-CAAC) – I remain deeply concerned about the fate of over 230 girls violently abducted from their school by Boko Haram in Borno State, Nigeria on the night of April 14. Today’s new [...]
Dispatches: A Mixed US Report on Child Soldiers
(HRW) – Yesterday the United States State Department released a new snapshot of how governments around the world are doing in ending their use of child soldiers. Its 2015 list names eight [...]
Media Advisory: Presentation of the 13th Annual Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict
(OSRSG-CAAC) – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, will present the Secretary-General’s annual report on children and [...]
Child Rights Violated in Conflict Situations With Total Impunity, Says Leila Zerrougui
(OSRSG-CAAC) – The rights of children are being violated in conflict situations with total impunity, a United Nations official said today, as she presented a report on grave abuses [...]
Is the UN peacekeeper selection process flawed?
(IRIN) – Reports on Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Nigeria released in July 2014 at the Open Society Institute in New York reveal failures in human rights vetting for soldiers in countries [...]
