Boko Haram in Nigeria kills at least 86, burns children
(Al Jazeera) – A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram fighters firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death, among 86 people officials say died in the [...]
UN reports tenfold increase in number of children used in ‘suicide’ attacks in Nigeria regional conflict
(UN News Centre) – The number of children involved in ‘suicide’ attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger has risen sharply over the past year, from 4 in 2014 to 44 in 2015, [...]
In Nigeria’s restive northeast, fate of thousands of abducted women remains unknown – UN
(UN News Centre) – The plight of 219 Chibok schoolgirls abducted two years ago is all too common in Nigeria’s conflict-affected north-eastern communities, and up to 7,000 women and [...]
Without aid, 49,000 children will die this year in northeast Nigeria – UN
(Reuters) – Nearly half a million children around Lake Chad face “severe acute malnutrition” due to drought and a seven-year insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram in [...]
‘Nigeria faces worst humanitarian crisis on the African continent,” warns senior UN relief official
(UN News Centre) – With nearly 400,000 children facing starvation in Nigeria, and citizens suffering with little to no protection, security, food or access to clean water, “Nigeria is [...]
800,000 children forced to flee violence in Nigeria and region – UNICEF
(UNICEF) – Around 800,000 children have been forced to flee their homes as a result of the conflict in northeast Nigeria between Boko Haram, military forces and civilian self-defence groups [...]
75,000 children in Nigeria could starve to death within months, says UN
(The Guardian) – In Nigeria, 75,000 children risk dying in “a few months” as hunger grips the country’s ravaged north-east in the wake of the Boko Haram insurgency, the United Nations warned on [...]
Caught in the Crossfire: What Future for Women and Children in Nigeria’s Forgotten Crisis
(Council on Foreign Relations) – Ahead of an all-important international donor conference, on February 24, in Oslo, Norway to mobilize greater international involvement and increased [...]
Denmark donates DKK 20 million to child victims of Boko Haram
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark) – The Danish government is donating DKK 20 million towards Unicef’s efforts to help children and former child soldiers who have fled the terrorist [...]
Nigeria: UN report details ‘grave violations’ against children by Boko Haram
(UN News Centre) – Children in north-east Nigeria continue to be brutalized as a result of Boko Haram’s insurgency in the region and the ensuing conflict, a first-of-its-kind United Nations [...]
