FSRN Weekly Edition – January 16, 2015
As many as two thousand feared dead after Boko Haram attack on Nigerian town Cross-border Boko Haram attacks displace students in Cameroon’s Far North Region Senate set to pass Keystone XL bill; Obama vows...
Tagged: Nigeria
Cross-border Boko Haram attacks displace students in Cameroon’s Far North Region
Information about the Boko Haram attack on the northeastern Nigerian town of Baga and its surrounding villages is slowly seeping out, confirming reports issued last week of large-scale destruction. The death toll has been...
As many as two thousand feared dead after Boko Haram attack on Nigerian town
Amnesty International says hundreds – possibly as many as two thousand – civilians were killed when Boko Haram laid siege to, and eventually overran, the town of Baga in northeastern Nigera. Baga, which hosted...
Ebola rages on in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea while Nigeria offers lessons
A healthcare worker in Glasgow has become the first confirmed Ebola patient in Britain. The unnamed woman returned to the UK from Sierra Leone on Sunday night, but is currently in isolation and health...
FSRN Weekly Edition – December 19, 2014
US and Cuban leaders announce thaw in Cold War-era diplomatic relations More mass kidnapping in northern Nigeria; Boko Haram suspected Taliban militants slaughter almost 150 children at a Peshawar school Israel showcases drone technology...
More mass kidnapping in Northern Nigeria; Boko Haram suspected
The jihadist group Boko Haram has allegedly abducted about two hundred women and girls from a remote village in northeastern Nigeria. The same group is responsible for the kidnapping of more than 200 school...
Suicide attacker poses as student in Northeast Nigeria; nearly 50 students killed
The Islamist sect Boko Haram is intensifying its activities with the kidnappings and deadly raids in Nigeria’s northeast. In the latest attack, as many as 50 students were killed when a suicide attacker detonated...
War crimes in northeastern Nigeria: Amnesty International
Fighting in northeastern Nigeria between Boko Haram militants and the country’s armed forces has displaced around 400 thousand people this year alone. That’s according to the most recent estimate from Nigeria’s National Emergency Management...
FSRN Weekly Edition – July 25, 2014
West Bank tension escalates as protesters call for Intifada; assaults on Gaza continue Eric Garner buried amid fresh calls for NYPD accountability New Haven homeless erect a second tent encampment on city property Taking...
100 days on, more than 200 Nigerian school girls still missing after Boko Haram kidnapping
Nigerians and members of various rights groups took to the streets to mark 100 days of abduction of more than two hundred school girls by Boko Haram terrorists. They are also raising concern over...
