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Tag: Boko Haram

April 26, 2024

To Tackle Militant Attacks,Nigeria Considers Introduction...

As part of measures to tackle the militant attacks, mass kidnappings, and banditry activities that have plagued the nation, Nigeria is considering establishing state police throughout all 36 of its states. The violence has overwhelmed the country’s police force, which numbers over 300,000 members.The state police are an addition to this force. Nigerians cautiously welcome the move.

May 29, 2023

Over 80 of Nigeria’s “Chibok Girls”...

Three more schoolgirls abducted by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northern Borno state more than nine years ago were rescued by the Nigerian military this month. In that 2014 incident, Boko Haram raided a public secondary school in the Chibok town and seized nearly three hundred students. Negotiations resulted in the release of many of the girls, but many more are being held captive.

April 8, 2022

Northern Ivory Coast, Fulani Men Say...

Ethnic Fulanis claim they are being labelled as Islamist terrorist supporters and persecuted by security officials as the Ivory Coast beefs up its border security with Burkina Faso. Human rights groups say that the harsh tactics could backfire, making it easier for insurgents to recruit

November 30, 2021

Protesters Demand Step Down of Burkina...

Burkina Faso’s security is deteriorating, with Islamist extremists carrying out the bloodiest assaults on civilians and security forces in the country in years. People are protesting the inability of Burkinabe and foreign forces to put an end to the bloodshed, with others pushing for changes at the top

May 31, 2021

Social media Policing in Akwa Ibom...

The technological era has changed the approach to public and private policing, as security officers are yet to adapt to the advantages of the services offered. Nonetheless, the innovation has led to structural reorganization, budget orientation in order to redefine traditional approaches to policing (Fyfe et al. 2013). Policing criminal acts are no longer limited to law enforcement agencies, as community or individuals now engage in the quest for evidence based, support with intelligence and reconfigured police structures in some countries (Den Boer, 2014). Police is gradually supplemented by a mosaic of security and safety service providers, networks and partnerships (Hoogenboom 2010), in order to resolve security challenges of old bureaucratic and centralized forms of governance

March 17, 2021

Nigerians Displaced by Boko Haram

Boko Haram militants have terrorized northeastern Nigeria for more than a decade, driving what the United Nations says are more than two million people from their homes

February 27, 2021

3 Years After, Parents of Nigerian...

Three years ago, Boko Haram abducted 110 girls from a school in Dapchi, Nigeria. One girl, Leah Sharibu, remains in captivity

February 26, 2021

Nigerian School Gives Home to Youngsters...

Child advocates in Nigeria estimate that tens of thousands of young people have been orphaned by Boko Haram militant attacks. But some of them are finding reason to be hopeful about their future

May 27, 2020

Help Nigerian Children Ravaged by War...

Children who escape Boko Haram territory face a raft of violations by the Nigerian authorities, also including crimes under international law. At best, they end up displaced, struggling for survival and with little or no access to education. At worst, they are arbitrarily detained for years in military barracks, in conditions amounting to torture or other ill-treatment.

April 16, 2020

Nigeria’s Displaced Camps Among Most Vulnerable...

More than a decade of Boko Haram militant attacks have displaced over two million Nigerians in the north, with hundreds of thousands living in internally displaced people’s camps. Medical experts worry the camps lack the spacing and sanitary conditions to prevent an outbreak of coronavirus, which has so far infected more than 370 people in Nigeria and killed 10

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