Boko Haram insurgency

Belongings of Halima Ali Maiyanga and Maryam Ali Maiyanga, two of the young women kidnapped by Boko Haram in a boarding school in Chibok, Nigeria, in April 2014.

‘The Stolen Daughters of Chibok’: the impact of the abduction of Nigerian schoolgirls 9 years on

April 13, 2023Conflict & Justice

Author and human rights activist Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode documented the heartbreaking stories of the Chibok families nine years after the Boko Haram abductions that gripped the world’s attention.

A solider with a gun stands on an armored vehicle.

There is ‘a grave hole in the international response’ to violence in Cameroon, IRC says

July 10, 2019Conflict & Justice

How stolen weapons keep groups like Boko Haram in business

April 19, 2019Conflict & Justice

A US special forces soldier demonstrates how to detain a suspect during Flintlock 2014, a US-led international training mission for African militaries, in Diffa, Niger, March 4, 2014.

Niger raid highlights US military’s growing role in Africa

October 21, 2017Conflict