live in South Africa and a majority of them were born in other African countries, including Zimbabwe, Nigeria

Liberia Liberia continues to face challenges related to drug trafficking and a growing addiction crisis This drug bust, while extreme, reflects the broader drug crisis in Liberia. Sierra Leone As in Liberia, a kush drug crisis has spread in Sierra Leone, particularly among young Nigeria Nigeria continues to deal with growing violence, after 20 people were killed in a recent attack Niger In July 2026, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that three years of military rule in Niger had

By Dionne Searcey Former wives of Boko Haram commanders in June at a guarded compound in Maiduguri, Nigeria Credit Jane Hahn for The New York Times MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Beyond the tall, concrete walls of a fortified The 56 women and children held inside have been there for months, after being swept up by the Nigerian In the war with Boko Haram, a radical Islamist group that has terrorized Nigeria for years, anyone who When the Nigerian military invaded, soldiers burned down her house.

of the global pandemic on groups at risk of genocide in countries such as China, Bangladesh, India, Nigeria Stanton spoke at a press conference on the genocide of Christians in Nigeria organized by In Defense

on motorbikes strike on the doorstep of the capital By Douglas Burton Officials in Nigeria acknowledged Gunmen Attack Train Near Nigeria's Capital, Kill Some Riders Kachalla Ali’s high-profile attacks have speaking in the video spoke with Fulani accents, but one spoke with an accent linking him to northeast Nigeria The emerging threat facing Nigeria is reflected in the trepidation of pastors in all parts of the country “We organized a conference in April for 200 clergy who came from all regions in Nigeria,” Saul commented

In parts of neighboring Nigeria, Boko Haram has suffered big losses. But along Nigeria’s blurry border with Niger, Boko Haram fighters are still raging. Assaga is the name of two towns — one in Niger and one in Nigeria — divided by the Komandougou River Nigeria — but many people have no means of buying anything. He escaped Boko Haram over a year ago, when fighters swarmed his house in Nigeria and killed six members

"They fear any dissenting voice, any opposition, even peaceful, to the public affairs in Algeria, in Following a visit to Algeria in 2023, the UN special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful information that bans Algerians with dual nationality from owning or being shareholders in a media outlet in Algeria their stranglehold on civic space," Nadege Lahmar, a member of Amnesty International's research team on Algeria

"terrorist" situation in Mozambique was beginning to resemble the long-running conflict in northern Nigeria "Mozambique has the third-largest natural gas reserve in Africa after Nigeria and Algeria.

By Dionne Searcey Nigerian soldiers in Borno State last year. CreditStefan Heunis/AgenceFrance-Presse — Getty Images February 28,2017 MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — A wheelbarrow Islamist militants terrorizing northeast Nigeria. The Nigerian Army has a long record of human rights abuses. The army says it has scattered Boko Haram and encouraged many of the nearly two million people in Nigeria

There is a global trend towards decriminalizing homosexual acts, but some countries, like Nigeria and

What bothers most Nigerians is the seeming helplessness of the Federal Government and its security personnel On the other hand, he swore an oath before God and Nigerians to devote himself to the security and wellbeing of all Nigerians, not just his tribesmen alone. (c) The Independent (Nigeria) https://independent.ng/buhari-and-the-menace-of-fulani-herdsmen/

armed herders: Nigeria should work with Cameroon, Chad and Niger (the Lake Chad basin countries) to E.Escalating Conflicts across Northern Nigeria In recent decades, northern Nigeria’s various conflicts B.Security Agencies and Judicial System The federally-controlled Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the Nigerian crisis is a threat to Nigeria’s national security. The operation involved four organisations: the army, Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Security and Civil