Boko Haram jihadists killed 20 civilians in an attack Sunday on a village in restive northeastern Nigeria as inhabitants prepared to break their Ramadan fast, residents and local security personnel say. IMAGES
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Niger says around 75 Boko Haram combatants have been killed in the southeast and in neighbouring Nigeria by a regional anti-jihadist force. IMAGES
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This week on Africa Weekly, we focus on Nigeria, still straining beneath the weight of a 10 year conflict with Boko Haram that shows no sign of abating, and we take you to Kenya, which has been making strides with its anti-doping campaign aimed at reducing the number of athletes using performance-enhancing drugs.FOR SUBSCRIBERS OF AFRICA WEEKLY ONLY
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In Nigeria, attacks by the militant Islamist movement Boko Haram have forced millions to flee their homes. The continuous stream of displaced people fill the camps and the slums of Maiduguri – an unstable situation that has already dragged on for a decade.
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In Nigeria, attacks by the militant Islamist movement Boko Haram have forced millions to flee their homes. The continuous stream of displaced people fill the camps and the slums of Maiduguri – an unstable situation that has already dragged on for a decade. A VOICED AFPTV REPORT.
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In central Nigeria, where Muslim herders and Christian farmers co-exist, centuries-old conflicts over access to land and water are killing more people than the terrorist group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. In recent years, tensions have been aggravated by a population boom and climate change, leading to violence spiraling out of control. A VOICED AFPTV REPORT
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Videographic presenting the Boko Haram islamist insurgents in northern Nigeria. Thirty people were killed late Sunday in a triple suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria, emergency services reported, in an attack bearing the hallmarks of the Boko Haram jihadist group.VIDEOGRAPHICS
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Thousands of residents have fled their village in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, fearing renewed attacks by Boko Haram after a recent raid by the jihadists.
Chibok residents commemorate the five year anniversary of the kidnapping of schoolgirls on April 14, 2014, when Boko Haram gunmen stormed the Chibok girls’ boarding school, kidnapping 276 pupils aged 12-17.
Residents of the Malkohi formal and informal settlement outside Yola, in Nigeria’s north east, feel forgotten as the country gets ready for its election. Many have lived in these camps for more than five years after they were forced to flee their homes in Gwoza during the Boko Haram insurgency. The jihadist group has killed an estimated 27,000 people and displaced 1.8 million others over the past decade despite efforts by the Nigerian government to eradicate them.
Videographic presenting the Boko Haram islamist insurgents in northern Nigeria. Nigeria’s government has said Boko Haram has been virtually defeated, despite persistent attacks against the military and civilians. The country holds presidential and legislative elections on Saturday.VIDEOGRAPHICS
Some 187 Cameroonian former members of the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram voluntarily return to their country from Nigeria. They were taken to the base of the Multinational Joint Task Force, set up by Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
Ahead of the February 16 parliamentary and presidential elections in Nigeria, citizens of Maiduguri, where many people are living in IDP camps due to Boko Haram attacks, share their hopes.
Thousands of Nigerian citizens have been forced to flee their homes as radical Islamist group Boko Haram wreak havoc in the northeast of Nigeria. Many have crossed the border, into Cameroon. Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking re-election on Saturday 16th February. He came to power in 2015 on a promise to defeat Boko Haram.
Videographic presenting the Boko Haram islamist insurgents in northern Nigeria. Nigeria’s government has said Boko Haram has been virtually defeated, despite persistent attacks against the military and civilians. The country holds presidential and legislative elections on February 16.VIDEOGRAPHICS
Videographic presenting the Boko Haram islamist insurgents in northern Nigeria. Nigeria’s government has said Boko Haram has been virtually defeated, despite persistent attacks against the military and civilians. The country holds presidential and legislative elections on February 16.VIDEOGRAPHICS
Boko Haram members have killed nine farmers and abducted 12 others in a village in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, the cradle of the jihadist movement.
Boko Haram jihadists hacked 12 farmers to death as they worked on their fields in the volatile northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, civilian militia told AFP.
Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram violence continue to flee to IDP camps in the country’s northeast. Unsure whether they will be able to return home as the jihadists continue to launch devastating attacks against military and civilian targets, the displaced start new activities, such as sewing, to get by.
Four farmers were killed by Boko Haram jihadists outside a key northeast Nigerian city, according to a militia leader and survivor. Residents in the area call for increased security.
Njidda Maidugu breaks into a broad smile as he wobbles on his artificial leg with the support of crutches. He never thought he would walk on two legs again after he lost his right limb in a Boko Haram suicide bomb attack in 2016. Boko Haram violence has shattered lives, leaving thousands in Nigeria disabled or dealing with amputations. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is offering free prosthetics to amputees at a workshop it operates in the northern Nigerian city of Kano.
Bring Back Our Girls activists hold a vigil for the girls kidnapped in Chibok in 2014. As Nigeria marks the four-year anniversary of the kidnapping, a recent copycat attack serves as a reminder that Boko Haram is anything but defeated. IMAGES
Four years ago, 276 Nigerian high school girls were kidnapped in Chibok, in Nigeri’a northeastern Borno State, a Boko Haram stronghold. Since 2009, the islamist group has led an insurgency that has claimed more than 20,000 lives and displaced 2.6 million.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari visit the northeastern town of Dapchi, nearly a month after Boko Haram militants kidnapped 110 schoolgirls in a chilling echo of the Chibok abduction four years ago.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday slammed last month’s mass abduction of schoolgirls in northern Nigeria and promised Washington’s “full support” in the country’s fight against Boko Haram jihadists. SOUNDBITE
