Nigeria

In the very conservative and religious community of northern Nigeria, words are gradually emerging about sexual violence. The fear of stigma is still very strong and drives many victims to shut up, but society is starting to change. From our special correspondent in Kano,It was during his community service at the Kano State…

For the first time since the phenomenon appeared in 2011, "heavily armed" bandits shot down a Nigerian fighter jet on Sunday (July 18). The incident took place in western Nigeria, a new hearth for insecurity in the region. "This incident shows that conflict, banditry and terrorism have taken on a new dimension," said former Senator Shehu Sani, after the bandits, as…

Another attack by "bandits" in Nigeria. Beef thieves killed thirteen policemen on Sunday (July 18) in the state of Zamfara, in the northwestern part of the country. Police responded to an "emergency call" from residents about an imminent attack by criminals, when police became ambushed, according to a spokeswoman for the local police.…

One in five out-of-school children worldwide is Nigerian. In Africa's most populous country, at least 10.5 million children under the age of 14 are in school. In the northern regions of the country, a large number of them receive only "Quran education", which does not necessarily include learning to read and arithmetic. In an effort to address this, Unicef ​​has developed a program to introduce some of…

In Nigeria, Emir Kajuru in the state of Kaduna has returned home, three days after his kidnapping. Alhassan Adamu, 85, was abducted on Sunday with several family members by attackers known locally as "bandits". His relatives are still being held. Before Alhassan Adamu, the kidnapping of Agom Adara, a traditional leader, had…

By targeting the two leaders who advocate a separatist state in southern Nigeria, Nnamdi Kanu and Sunday Igboho, the authorities wanted to regain control of the region. The two men are accused of disturbing separating tendencies. But the security measure, which is considered "excessive", risks having the opposite effect.…

In recent months, the southern part of West Africa's most populous country has seen a resurgence of self-determination groups. This is the case with the Igbo groups in the southeast and Yoruba in the southwest. Olufemi Vaughan, a professor at Amherst College in the United States, discusses these privacy tendencies, which continued despite the arrest in late June of Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu and a police…

In Nigeria, a demonstration in favor of the creation of a "Yoruba" nation was brutally spread in Lagos on Saturday, July 3. It was activist Sunday Igboho - known for his speeches encouraging ethnic hatred of Fulani shepherds - who called on his supporters to meet in the Nigerian economic capital. But the activist was the target of a raid two days ago by Nigerian security services at his home in Ibadan…

One week after his arrest, supporters of Nnamdi Kanu, Biafran's independence leader, demanded justice. Kanu was arrested on Sunday after four years on the run and taken back to Nigeria, under still unclear circumstances. As he is due to appear in a terror trial next month, supporters of Nnamdi Kanu are gathering behind the scenes.…

It took almost fifteen years for the Nigerian parliament to adopt a new oil law, which should better protect the country's and local community interests. The two chambers of parliament adopted the text on Thursday, "an important victory" stressed the Speaker of the Nigerian Assembly. However, Nigeria's largest oil producer,…