Nigeria army ‘knows where Boko Haram are holding girls’
(BBC) – The Nigerian military says it knows where the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram are but will not attempt a rescue. Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff said it was “good news [...]
An attack on Nigeria’s schoolgirls is an attack on education
(ISS) – On 19 February 2018, militants arrived in trucks at the Government Girls Science and Technology College in Dapchi, Nigeria, wielding guns and abducting scores of girls. After a [...]
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 [...]
Preventing Boko Haram Abductions of Schoolchildren in Nigeria
(International Crisis Group) – What’s new? In February, a faction of the jihadist Boko Haram movement, seized 113 children from Dapchi in north east Nigeria. It later released 107 of them. [...]
Nigeria: Starving Women Raped by Soldiers and Militia Who Claim to be Rescuing Them
(Amnesty International) – Thousands of women and girls who survived the brutal rule of the Boko Haram armed group have since been further abused by the Nigerian security forces who claim to [...]
UNICEF Nigeria Welcomes Release of Child Boko Haram Suspects
(Al Jazeera) – Nine years of war against Boko Haram in northern Nigeria has taken a toll on young people. The Nigerian Army has released a group of children in Borno State after the [...]
Northeast Nigeria Threatened by Critical Food Insecurity
(Al Jazeera) – Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, has been the epicentre of key events and changes in northeast Nigeria during the last decade. The city witnessed the birth of Boko [...]
Dozens Killed in Suspected Boko Haram Attack in Nigeria
(Al Jazeera) – At least 31 people have been killed in a twin suicide bomb attack by suspected Boko Haram fighters on a town in northeast Nigeria, according to local sources. Two blasts [...]
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 [...]
Nigeria kidnap: Schoolchildren ‘scared’ to go to class
(BBC) – Nigeria is ready to talk to Islamist militants to negotiate the release of more than 200 abducted girls, cabinet minister Tanimu Turaki has said.Their capture has raised questions [...]
