Tag: Nigeria
Nigeria: demand war crimes investigation
Rights groups in Nigeria brought an action against President Goodluck Jonathan before the Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an investigation into war crimes.
North Nigeria: 400,000 displaced in ‘urgent need’
More than 400,000 in northeastern Nigeria have been forced to flee their homes due to Boko Haram violence in recent weeks, and are in "urgent need" of assistance.
Vigilantes fight Boko Haram with bows and arrows
In Nigeria's northwest, traditional hunters in rural areas, armed only with bows and arrows, are organizing patrols to protect their villages against Boko Haram.
Global terrorism survey finds surging attacks
A study by UK-based Institute for Economics and Peace finds there were nearly 10,000 terrorist attacks in 2013, 44% more than the year before.
Nigeria: court rules for #BringBackOurGirls
A Nigerian federal court ruled in favor of the Bring Back Our Girls group, saying that the police had no right to block protests by families of the abducted girls.
HRW: Boko Haram abductions and abuses continue
Militant group Boko Haram has forced kidnapped women and girls to marry their captors and begun using them for military tactical purposes, Human Rights Watch reports.
Boko Haram seizes five Nigerian towns
Boko Haram is quickly seizing more territory in Nigeria's northeast and now threatens the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, sending thousands fleeing into Cameroon and Niger.
Nigeria: Amnesty implicates military in war crimes
Amnesty International released gruesome video footage providing evidence of war crimes, including extrajudicial executions, being carried out in Nigeria's conflicted north.
Boko Haram steps up Cameroon raids
Escalating attacks by Boko Haram militants from across the Nigerian border have led to curfews, fear and privation in Cameroon's remote and impoverished Far North Region.
Nigeria: more sectarian attacks
Gunmen killed at least eight people and burned down a church in attacks on two villages in Nigeria's central Plateau state—as 30 Fulani women were abducted in Borno.
#BringBackOurGirls: Obama sends in the drones
The Pentagon deploys 80 Air Force troops to Chad to maintain a drone force to assist in efforts to find the abducted Nigerian schoolgirls—as Nigerians organize self-defense militias.