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lakechad

August 27th, 2018

Who will save Lake Chad?

in:	Humans, Nature, Economy
by:	Bob Koigi

A cocktail of population growth, climate change and Boko Haram terror group activities have conspired to choke a Lake that provides for millions of people.

africa society

July 05th, 2018

Power to the People: Civil Society’s Role in Preventing Violent Extremism

in:	Humans

Including civil society in international and local counter-terrorism efforts has proven to be a successful strategy for preventing violent extremism.

Nigeria Boko Haram

January 11th, 2018

Saving victims of Nigeria’s Boko Haram with art

in:	Humans, Arts
by:	Bob Koigi

fairplanet spoke with Kunle Adewale, founder and Executive Director of Tender Arts Nigeria, who is using art to heal victims of Boko Haram.

SONY DSC

December 01st, 2017

Restructuring Nigeria: What will work? (Part 3)

in:	Humans, Economy
by:	Kolawole Talabi

A reform of Nigeria’s federal structure might avert a breakdown of the country’s polity but are the country's elites ready to do the necessary?

Yusuf-Mohammed

November 30th, 2017

A museum for Boko Haram. Historicising or celebrating?

by:	Shira Jeczmien

Boko Haram was the world's deadliest terror organisation in 2015 and killed over 200 civilians this year. Is it right to memorialise them in a museum?

Nigeria society

November 15th, 2017

Restructuring Nigeria: What will work? (Part 2)

in:	Humans, Economy
by:	Kolawole Talabi

Aso Rock looms over Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria as a mother would over her delicate child, protectively.

femal terrorists

September 27th, 2017

The gender agenda in anti-terrorism campaigns

by:	Bob Koigi

In modern terrorism, women and young girls are no longer taking on traditionally passive roles, they are actively engaged in war zones.

boko haram girls

Chibok girls quid pro quo arrangement cause for concern

by:	Bob Koigi

In one of the most groundbreaking developments for an event that shook the entire world three years ago, 82 of the 300 girls kidnapped by the Islamic [...]

liberia girls

March 08th, 2017

Still a long walk for the African girl child

by:	Bob Koigi

Africa has been billed a continent of opportunities. A land bestowed with natural resources and teeming with a young population driving innovation and growth. Yet it [...]

Moussa Faki Mahamat

February 01st, 2017

Incoming AU Commission head has his in tray full

by:	Bob Koigi

The recently concluded African Union elections for the commission’s chair have heralded a new dawn, and come at a time when the continental body [...]

Tutlub_2 Kopie

February 26th, 2016

Nigeria's Muslim-only social media

in:	Humans, Economy
by:	Bob Koigi

The mobile application dubbed Tutlub has been developed by Yusuf Hassan the founder of NextUmmah, a company that specializes in Muslims-for-Muslims digital [...]

nigeria-boko-haram 01.11.12

October 01st, 2015

New Amnesty report: Boko Haram and Cameroon security forces found guilty

in:	Humans
by:	Israel Bionyi

According to the report, Boko Haram militants have murdered 400 civilians in northern Cameroon while the Cameroon military’s hefty counter attacks [...]

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April 15th, 2015

Chibok girls kidnapping: one year on

by:	Vanessa Ellingham

It is now one year since the event that threw Boko Haram into focus - some 276 schoolgirls had been kidnapped from their school, ripped apart from their families. Families waited for girls [...]

goodluck-jonathan

March 06th, 2015

Goodluck: I will not lose

by:	Ama Lorenz

Last night, the Iraqi government reported another attack by the IS on a national cultural monument in Namrid. There is evidence that IS and Boko Haram cooperate and [...]

2015 hrw wr yezidi syria

January 29th, 2015

Human rights violations ultimately fuel crises

by:	Murat Suner

Human Rights Watch reviews human rights practices in more than 90 countries. Yesterday, it released its 656-page World Report 2015, its 25th [...]

Boko-Haram-Massacre2

January 13th, 2015

There are massacres and there are massacres

by:	Murat Suner

While the world was reporting and mourning about the Charlie Hebdo carnage in Paris, Boko Haram's Islamic extremists attacked Baga, a north-eastern [...]

Cameroonian military Official paraiding the Amchide zone

January 10th, 2015

Cameroon's fight against Boko Haram is paying off

in:	Humans, Economy
by:	Israel Bionyi

President Paul Biya visibly inflamed by the Nigerian terrorist incursions ordered aerial bombardments on the attackers sources said numbered about 1000 men. [...]

boko haram screenshot

December 18th, 2014

Boko Haram kidnaps 185 women and children, kills 32 people

by:	Murat Suner

Presumably, armed fighters of Boko Haram, the so-called Nigerian Taliban, kidnapped at least 185 women and children, and killed 32 people in a raid [...]

NIGERIA - Boko Haram

October 27th, 2014

Life under Boko Haram

by:	Vanessa Ellingham

Mandatory religious conversion, rape, torture, forced labour, psychological abuse: life for women and girls captured by Boko Haram is even worse than we might have [...]

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April 22nd, 2014

Where are the missing schoolgirls? And who still cares?

by:	Vanessa Ellingham

Last week terrorists broke into a school in north-eastern Nigeria, shot guards and kidnapped about 200 schoolgirls. But the incident has been largely [...]

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