Stolen Lives: More Girls Kidnapped as Violence Escalates in Nigeria
Terrorists continue to attack northern Nigeria, and Christians are in the crosshairs. During the evening hours of February 19, Boko Haram...
21st Century Wilberforce Initiative 11
Mar 13, 2018
A Hidden Face of War
By Isabelle Arradon A few years ago, a woman in her sixties outside Banda Aceh in Indonesia told me about the rape and other torture she...
International Crisis Group 1
Mar 7, 2018
They Fled Boko Haram, Only to Be Raped by Nigeria’s Security Forces
By Dionne Searcey Falmata, 14, was abducted and raped repeatedly by Boko Haram fighters. Her trauma then continued in a camp for victims...
New York Times 1
Dec 8, 2017
Boko Haram strapped suicide bombs to them. Somehow these teenage girls survived.
By Dionne Searcey "They said to me, ‘Are you going to sleep with us, or do you want to go on a mission?’”AISHA, 15 “I didn’t want a...
New York Times 1
Oct 25, 2017
Cameroon’s Far North: Reconstruction Amid Ongoing Conflict
Cameroon has been officially at war with Boko Haram since May 2014. Despite a gradual lowering in the conflict’s intensity, which peaked...
International Crisis Group 1
Oct 25, 2017
Watch List 2017 – Second Update
Nigeria: Growing Insecurity on Multiple Fronts Nigeria is facing a time of uncertainty and peril. President Muhammadu Buhari’s failing...
International Crisis Group 1
Jul 20, 2017
Fleeing Boko Haram, Thousands Cling to a Road to Nowhere
By Dionne Searcey More than 130,000 people have amassed along this desert highway outside Diffa, Niger — National Route 1. They now call...
New York Times 1
Mar 30, 2017
Ten abducted in Nigeria after Boko Haram attacks
Four women and six youths were kidnapped after the insurgent group staged raids in nearby villages Nigerian soldiers with young men...
Ed Adamczyk| United Press International
Mar 29, 2017
Fighting Boko Haram in Chad: Beyond Military Measures
Since 2015, the conflict between Chad’s armed forces and Boko Haram has destabilised the Lake Chad region in the west of the country....
International Crisis Group 1
Mar 8, 2017
Niger and Boko Haram: Beyond Counter-insurgency
Executive Summary For the last two years, Niger has been at war with Boko Haram. The conflict has disrupted this poor country’s...
International Crisis Group 1
Feb 27, 2017
Vigilante Groups Fighting Boko Haram
Regional armies in the Lake Chad basin deploy vigilantes to sharpen campaigns against Boko Haram insurgents. But using these militias...
International Crisis Group 1
Feb 23, 2017
Nigeria: Women and the Boko Haram Insurgency
Boko Haram’s rise and insurgency have dramatically changed the lives of thousands of women and girls, often casting them voluntarily or...
International Crisis Group 1
Dec 5, 2016
