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
Top UN official in West Africa urges end to ‘unprecedented’ spate of violence in Nigeria
(UN News) – Borno, along with Nigeria’s northern states of Adamawa and Yobe, have been under states of emergency since May 2013 as the army fights Islamist Boko Haram rebels. The region has [...]
New Guidance Seeks to Support the Implementation of Handover Protocols to Promote the Protection of Children’s Rights
On March 16, 2022, Watchlist, the Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, and the Alliance’s Task Force on Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups (CAAFAG) published [...]
Attacks kill dozens in area of Nigeria targeted by Boko Haram
(The Guardian) – At least 74 people have been killed in three weekend attacks in Nigeria’s restive north-east, the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency that has claimed thousands of [...]
Enough! The Attacks on Schools Must End
(Huffington Post) – After Pakistan, Nigeria and South Sudan, a fourth country has now become the most recent victim of heinous terrorist attacks on students and educational [...]
Nigeria’s Forgotten Children
(Amnesty International) – Two and a half years since 219 Chibok schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram in Nigeria, sparking a global outcry and the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, there has [...]
Attacks on Health Care at the World Health Assembly 2017, Geneva
In May 2017, Watchlist participated in a series of events at the annual World Health Assembly, including a side-event on May 22 focused on attacks on health care entitled: “Attacks on Healthcare. [...]
UN chief deplores brutal slaying at college in north-eastern Nigeria
(UN News) – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the brutal slaying on Tuesday of dozens of students at a college in north-eastern Nigeria and voiced the hope that the [...]
Nigeria school raid in Yobe state leaves 29 dead
(BBC News) – At least 29 students have been killed after suspected Boko Haram militants attacked a boarding school in north-east Nigeria. According to the BBC the remote school in Yobe [...]
UN human rights office condemns latest deadly attacks in north-eastern Nigeria
(UN News) – The United Nations human rights office today strongly condemned the attack on several villages in north-eastern Nigeria on Sunday that led to the death of more than 150 people. [...]
