Women, Girls at Nigeria’s Displaced, Refugee Camps Abused 'Daily'
In the past few years, there have been rising concerns over the spike of rape and sexual violence on women at internally-displaced persons' camps. Teenage and underage girls are abused daily but hardly do the survivors or their families speak out. The society they live in would instead pressure survivors not to press for charges, or the parents would rather keep quiet to 'protect the dignity' of the girl-child growing up. Many would instead look unto God for justice because they could not afford the process of litigation. As such, most of such cases die at the police station, writes Abdulkareem Haruna for the Premium Times.
More than two million people - vulnerable to Covid-19 - are displaced in Nigeria because of the Boko Haram insurgency, while there are reports that the country's programme to rehabilitate former member of Boko Haram shuns women.
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Nigeria:
How Boko Haram-Displaced Women, Girls Are Sexually Abused At Refugee Camps
Premium Times, 10 August 2020
Rape and related sexual violence happen every day in many parts of Nigeria. But it is more prevalent in environments where structures needed for the protection of the victims are… Read more »
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Nigeria:
We've Pushed Boko Haram Out of North-East, Remaining Borno - Army Chief
Premium Times, 10 August 2020
The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, at a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said that Boko Haram terrorists have been pushed out of all the north-eastern states… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Why Terrorism Continues and How to Turn the Tide
The Conversation Africa, 10 August 2020
For ten years, the Nigerian authorities have engaged the terror group Boko Haram in the northeast without making much headway. After what appeared to be some success in 2015 and… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Scores Killed, As Boko Haram Seizes Borno Communities
Vanguard, 10 August 2020
Boko Haram terrorists have invaded many communities in Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State, killing scores of farmers and herders after rustling hundreds of their… Read more »
InFocus
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The UN Refugee Agency has strongly condemned an attack on a site hosting 800 internally displaced people near the village of Nguetchewe in northern Cameroon. At least 18 people ... Read more »
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Communities affected by violent extremism are frequently considered to have risk factors linked to socio-economic deprivation, bad governance and religious ... Read more »
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Internally Displaced Persons in Borno State have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to send an independent panel to investigate allegations of rape at the camps. Amnesty ... Read more »
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