2 refugee designation to grant access for at-risk religious groups in Afghanistan, and to designate Nigeria Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan—as well as five others: Afghanistan, India, Nigeria Regrettably, the State Department removed Nigeria as a CPC though it had been added the previous year These include three that the State Department placed on that list in November 2021: Algeria, Cuba, and

10 ethnic communities in Kenya (b) as lead mediator in the yearlong peace process in Kaduna State, Nigeria Southern Plateau Inter-Communal Peace Declaration, signed by 56 ethnic communities in Plateau State, Nigeria

they rent out their weapons to kidnappers from Chad, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and even Niger or Nigeria." mobile commandos to the Chadian border to generate revenue from kidnappings, as they already do in Nigeria

Pius Adeleye in Niamey Tues 31 Dec 2024 A camp for internally displaced people in Ouallam, Niger. The Nigerien junta has been struggling to contain the rising tide of jihadist attacks in the tri-border An image from a video showing the attack by jihadists in Libiri, in Niger’s Tillabéri region, earlier The Nigerien junta and Russian-backed media claimed only 10 men were lost. From left, Mali’s Assimi Goïta, Niger’s Tchiani and Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré.

found, three-quarters of whom were foreign nationals from countries including Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Nigeria

Anglophone activists, including Mancho Bibixy Tse , Tsi Conrad and ten others illegally deported from Nigeria

In December 2021, a legal analysis from UN Special Procedures (OL DZA 12/2021) concluded that Algeria

reported that suspected Boko Haram fighters attacked Mussa community in Askira/Uba LGA, killing four Nigerian abducted 276 schoolgirls from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria First Lady Michelle Obama and several international figures publicly demanded urgent action from the Nigerian

more than 679,000 Anglophones, with at least 60,000 Anglophones fleeing as refugees to neighboring Nigeria

Equatorial Guinea accused job-seeking youths, especially from Cameroon and Nigeria, of harassment, theft 2020, Equatorial Guinea agreed to pause the construction of the controversial wall after Cameroon, Nigeria

Niger’s military junta tightens control, silencing dissent, detaining opponents, and ruling by decree By Vinciane Joly Soldiers in a Niger army unit / U.S. National Archives / Public domain Since the coup on July 26, 2023,  Niger has been sliding deeper into “Since the coup, there are two categories of people in Niger: patriots and stateless persons—those who “If you criticize the government, you can be sure you’ll be arrested,” a Nigerien civil society member

An open letter to the Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria, General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, by academic and editor Is this a turning point for Nigeria’s politics? the violent crackdown on protesters in Nigeria, which has already resulted in several deaths. “Under Trump, US interest in Nigeria have narrowed to encompass just trade and investment, and security And they will be looking to make clear that US interests in Nigeria are holistic: it is impossible for