Nigerians displaced by insurgency fear being forced to return home
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters Hauwa Ahmadu Kukuda rakes straw from the top of the two-room shack she shares with eight children. Goats jostle for it as the children crouch next to tarp-covered walls. Outside, row after dusty row stretches for miles in the Bakassi camp in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno state, which houses […]
Some 900 children released by Nigerian militia group
Almost 900 children, including 106 girls, were released by a Nigerian militia group last Friday, according to UNICEF. The UN children’s agency said 894 children were released by the Civilian Joint Task Force in the north-east Nigerian town of Maiduguri. The CJTF is a local militia group that helps Nigerian security forces in fighting the […]
Anglicans build trauma centre in northern Nigeria for Boko Haram victims
World Watch Monitor An Anglican church in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in northern Nigeria, is building a clinic and trauma centre for the victims of Boko Haram attacks. The Bishop of the Maiduguri Diocese, the Most Rev Emmanuel Mani, said the trauma centre will be open to people of all faiths. “What [the […]