Tag: Yola

Fleeing Boko Haram – nowhere to run, nowhere to hide

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Fleeing Boko Haram – nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
A special report by IRIN, built on field visits to Nigeria’s north-eastern region which the military has re-taken from the Boko Haram insurgency, reveals an unprecedented humanitarian disaster in the Lake Chad Basin region. In Europe, Syrian refugees with the means head for their country of choice, armies of aid . . . Read More

Nigerian worshippers killed during mass

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Nigerian worshippers killed during mass
World Watch Monitor is curating news coverage of the attacks on Sunday in north-eastern Nigeria. At least 22 worshippers died at a church in Yola, while 300 homes were burnt down in a village in neighbouring Borno state and at least 52 people were killed. Boko Haram is suspected of carrying . . . Read More

Nigerian Christians on frontline vow to stay despite 40 ‘barbaric’ student deaths

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Nigerian Christians on frontline vow to stay despite 40 ‘barbaric’ student deaths
President Goodluck Jonathan’s commiseration visit to relatives on Oct 15th, two weeks after the murder of about 40 students from three higher education institutions in Mubi, in Adamawa state, northern Nigeria, has failed to elucidate further the motive behind the deaths. What has become clear, however, is that the perpetrators . . . Read More

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