INSURGENCY

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Nigeria has raised concerns over the increasing cases of sexual and gender-based violence, emphasizing the need to enhance collaboration with state and non-state actors to strengthen human…

The Nigerian troops have neutralized 113 terrorists and arrested 300 others in different parts of the country. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, disclosed this in Abuja when briefing journalists on the…

The former president of Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou has warned of dire consequences that befell the Sahel, a region plagued by acute insurgency. Issoufou further said that the war in the Sahel has been neglected by the world and instead…

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has distributed cash and food items to 683 volunteers helping the military to fight boko haram in Bama town, North-East Nigeria. About fourteen million, five hundred and eighty…

The Nigerian Military has said that, there is a significant improvement in the protection of rights of victims of insurgency during counter insurgency operations. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, stated this at…

Nigeria has successfully vaccinated three million, nine hundred and thirty-eight thousand, nine hundred and forty-five (3,938,945) eligible people across the country. This is contained in the Country Report of Nigeria, which was…

The sum of N84m has been distributed to 2,200 families who returned after fleeing from insurgent attacks in Banki town, Borno state. The purpose of the funds is to empower the families start up in trading for their livelihoods, and…

Burkina Faso on Friday said that it would overhaul its security forces to cope with a six-year militant insurgency that has claimed more than 1,400 lives and forced 1.3 million people from their homes. The government will "review the…

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Thursday said he hoped to send a military training mission to Mozambique "as soon as possible" to help authorities facing a jihadist insurgency. Mozambique has seen a surge in jihadist violence…

A chieftain of Nigeria’s governing party, the All-Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says citizens must remain united in the wake of current security challenges confronting some parts of the country. Addressing State House…