Tag: Boko Haram

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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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Boko Haram: 10 years of conflict and still no respite for the displaced Nigerians | AFP

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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Boko Haram: 10 years of conflict and still no respite for the displaced Nigerians | AFP

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 rural Nigeria, conflicts over land and scarce resources persist | AFP

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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Boko Haram | AFP Animé

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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Boko Haram displaced forgotten amid Nigerian election fever

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.

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 Saturday.VIDEOGRAPHICS

Cameroon: 187 ex-Boko Haram fighters surrender arms

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.

Cameroon: thousands of Nigerian refugees flee Boko Haram attacks

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.

Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram face uncertain future

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.

Artificial limbs give hope to Boko Haram amputees

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.

Tillerson vows US ‘full support’ for Nigeria in jihadism fight

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