They come from neighboring countries like Zimbabwe and Mozambique but also Nigeria, Malawi, Sudan, and

the killing of female Olympic athletes , and also in other African nations, including South Africa , Nigeria

NIAMEY, Niger — A hundred civilians were killed in attacks by suspected militants in the West African nation of Niger on Saturday, according to government officials. The attack, which came just a week after Niger’s presidential election, is one of the country’s deadliest In December 2019 and January 2020, Nigerien security forces suffered huge losses in the same region, which is also where four American Special Forces soldiers were killed alongside five of their Nigerien

Refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria, have long been run by the Polisario movement, which seeks an independent Hannah Armstrong An indigenous Sahrawi woman walks at a refugee camp of Boudjdour in Tindouf, southern Algeria REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra Set deep in the desert outside Tindouf, Algeria, the Sahrawi refugee camps are , Nigeria and South Africa. can travel [Sahrawi refugees have broad access to training and education programs in Spain, Cuba and Algeria

They are blocking recognition that genocide is being committed against Christians in Nigeria," Stanton

Emboldened by their success in the landlocked nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, insurgents affiliated Nations’ top counterterrorism official, has warned that “a vast territory stretching from northern Nigeria

The renewed escalation of violence by Boko Haram in Nigeria and the Lake Chad region is adding to the

Countries including Brazil, Nigeria and Turkey are following the India model, executives say. In Nigeria, then-President Muhammadu Buhari banned Twitter after it removed one of his tweets threatening (Faisal Khan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) “Nigeria very much took Modi’s playbook, and it exacerbated

Genocide Watch currently has staff members from the U.S., Canada, U.K., Nigeria, Kenya, Netherlands,

The relevant events took place in Ogoniland, Nigeria, an oil-rich region of the Niger Delta intensively The Nigerian government, however, reacted violently. Transport and Trading Company (incorporated in England), and Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (incorporated in Nigeria) aided and abetted extra-judicial killings, torture and the commission of crimes Change and Environmental Justice: Reflections on Litigation Over Oil Extraction and Rights Violations in Nigeria

The Boko Haram insurgency began in Nigeria in 2009 and then spread across the Lake Chad basin countries think tank, the number of Boko Haram attacks against civilians in Cameroon in 2020 was higher than in Nigeria , Niger, and Chad combined. established the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), made up of troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger , and Nigeria, to respond to Boko Haram attacks across the Lake Chad basin.

that's the quarter ended June 30th — there were 270 attacks by extremists in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger