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Nigeria: Bring Back Our Girls!
Two weeks after the kidnapping, the Nigerian government has yet to communicate a plan or take action, even as reports of the girls being sold into sexual slavery or forced…
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Education Under Attack in Nigeria
Since the beginnings of 2012, at least 70 teachers and over 100 schoolchildren and students have been killed or wounded.
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Annual Report: Niger 2013
Republic of Niger Head of state Mahamadou Issoufou Head of government Brigi Rafini People accused of belonging to terrorist groups were ill-treated in detention. Several aid workers and their driver…
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Annual Report: Nigeria 2013
Federal Republic of Nigeria Head of state and government Goodluck Jonathan The situation of violence and insecurity for Nigerians intensified, with at least 1,000 people killed in attacks by Islamist…
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Far From New, Far From Over: The Crisis in Mali
The notion that Mali faces crisis is not new. For the better part of a year, Amnesty International has been documenting and reporting the long catalogue of abuses and outright…
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Amnesty International Calls for Independent Probe of Security Force Killings of Men and Boys in Northern Nigeria, One Day After Condemning Abuses in New Report on Security Forces
Security forces shot dozens of men and boys from Maiduguri in northern Nigeria, a day after Amnesty International issued a new investigation condemning human rights violations by the security forces…
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Nigeria: Armed groups targeting civilians in latest bombings
Nigerian armed groups must stop attacking civilians, Amnesty International said today, after as many as 30 people were killed in a bomb attack blamed on the religious sect Boko Haram.
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Amnesty International Condemns Bombings Against Civilians in Nigeria
Contact: AIUSA media relations, 202-509-8194 (Washington, D.C.)-Nigerian armed groups must stop attacking civilians, Amnesty International said today, after as many as 30 people were killed in a bomb attack blamed…
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Annual Report: Nigeria 2011
Head of state and government: Goodluck Jonathan (replaced Umaru Musa Yar'Adua in February) Death penalty: retentionist Population: 158.3 million Life expectancy: 48.4 years Under-5 mortality (m/f): 190/184 per 1,000 Adult…
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Annual Report: Nigeria 2010
Head of state and government Umaru Musa Yar'Adua Death penalty retentionist Population 154.7 million Life expectancy 47.7 years Under-5 mortality (m/f) 190/184 per 1,000 Adult literacy 72 per cent The…
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Nigeria: Hundreds killed in pre-election violence
An increase in political, ethnic and religious violence risks threatening the stability of Nigeria's April elections. A new briefing highlights how hundreds of people have been killed in politically-motivated, communal…
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Nigeria warned over rise in pre-election violence
On 2 April elections will begin in Nigeria. The Nigerian authorities and the Independent National Electoral Commission must prevent a repeat of the political violence that characterised the 2007 and…