Arrest, Punish Those Responsible for Killings, U.S. Tells Nigeria
The U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Nigeria, David Young, has called for a crackdown on deadly attacks that have led to over a thousand deaths in various northern states. Most of the attacks are linked to herdsmen-farmers clashes. The International Crisis Group, a non-governmental organisation working to prevent war, says the violence has claimed six times more lives than the Boko Haram insurgency this year.
Armed herdsmen.
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Nigeria:
Herdsmen Six Times More Deadly Than Boko Haram - Report
Premium Times, 26 July 2018
A new report on Thursday found that violence involving armed herdsmen was six times more deadly than Boko Haram in the first half of this year. The report then recommended urgent… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Stopping Nigeria's Spiralling Farmer-Herder Violence
Crisis Group, 26 July 2018
Rising conflict between herders and farmers in Nigeria is already six times deadlier in 2018 than Boko Haram's insurgency. To stop the bloodshed, the federal government should… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Attacks Jakana, Borno
Premium Times, 26 July 2018
Gunmen believed to be members of the extremist Boko Haram sect on Thursday night attacked Jakana, a town located about 50km from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Read more »
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Nigeria:
The Killing Fields of Nigeria
Vanguard, 26 July 2018
The powers in the hands of a Nigerian President are enormous; and indeed, awesome. The President possesses the power of life and death over his fellow humans. In a simple exercise… Read more »
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Africa:
AU Slams Mass Slaughter By Boko Haram
CAJ News, 24 July 2018
THE African Union (AU) has condemned the killing of scores of soldiers and civilians in the Lake Chad basin by the Boko Haram terror group. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Help Us Defeat Boko Haram, Nigerian Army Begs
Vanguard, 25 July 2018
Brig.-Gen. Abdulmalik Biu, Acting General Officer Commanding, 7 Division, Nigerian Army, has called on trade unions and cooperative societies to support the military to facilitate… Read more »
InFocus
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Clashes between herders and farmers have killed thousands of innocent people in Nigeria over the past two decades. Disagreements over the use of essential resources such as ... Read more »
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President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that those responsible for the deaths of at least 86 people in communal violence in Plateau State will not be spared. Buhari described the ... Read more »