19.01.2012 - Source:Congressional Research Service 

"Elections and Issues for Congress"

Report on the 2011 elections and the social situation (political context; development challenges and reform initiatives; social issues and security concerns; international relations) [ID 209974]

09.02.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Nigerians flee to Cameroon to escape Islamist violence" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Many Nigerians have fled to neighbouring Cameroon to escape violence claimed by the Islamist sect Boko Haram and revenge attacks by Christians [ID 209939]

08.02.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

""Raining Bombs" Causing Hundreds to Flee Northern Nigeria" , Author: InterPress Third World News Agency

Article on people fleeing violence in the state of Kano [ID 209936]

08.02.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Nigerian Islamists wear police kit for attacks: official" , Author: Agence France-Presse

According to the head of the secret police in the city of Kano, members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram wear police uniforms to launch attacks; 3 police uniforms were allegedly recovered in an army raid on a Boko Haram hideout
[ID 209934]

07.02.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Three blasts rock north Nigerian city" , Author: Agence France-Presse

City of Kaduna: According to authorities, explosions rocked an army barracks, a bridge and an air base [ID 209932]

06.02.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Blasts rock northern Nigeria, police station attacked" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Northern Nigeria: According to police, gunmen blew up a police station and injured one officer in the city of Kano as blasts rocked a market in the city of Maiduguri [ID 209930]

01.2012 - Source:Brookings Institution

"Internal Displacement in West Africa: A Snapshot"

Report on internal displacement in West African countries (general information; root causes; laws and policies; protection) [ID 209927]

08.02.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria Islamists claim army raid"

Kaduna: Boko Haram claims responsibility for suicide bombing at army headquarters and for an attempted attack on an air force base [ID 209916]

06.02.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria unrest: Blasts rock Kano and Maiduguri"

Policeman shot as gunmen attack a police station following an explosion in Kano; witnesses speak of another explosion in the market area of Maiduguri [ID 209890]

01.02.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria arrests Boko Haram spokesman Abul Qaqa"

Abul Qaqa, the spokesman for the Boko Haram militant group, which has carried out numerous attacks recently, arrested by police [ID 209879]

03.02.2012 - Source:Integrated Regional Information Network 

"Never so divided, never so united"

Raising the fuel price only 50 rather than more than 100 percent has brought about calm after public protests over skyrocketing fuel prices [ID 209849]

31.01.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigerian Sani Abacha aide Mustapha appeals over hanging"

Hamza al-Mustapha, an aide to former military ruler Sani Abacha, has appealed against his death sentence for killing the wife of politician Moshood Abiola in 1996 [ID 209811]

30.01.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Sani Abacha aide to hang for Nigeria killing"

Hamza al-Mustapha, a close aide to former military ruler Sani Abacha has been sentenced to hang for killing the wife of politician Moshood Abiola in 1996 [ID 209804]

30.01.2012 - Source:BBC News 

"Nigeria's Boko Haram suspected in Kano police attack"

City of Kano: According to police, 2 civilians were killed in an attack on a police station; the attackers are suspected to be members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram; police also said that militants from Boko Haram attacked a bus near another police post [ID 209803]

24.01.2012 - Source:Human Rights Watch 

"Nigeria: Boko Haram Widens Terror Campaign"

Since the beginning of 2012, more than 253 people were killed in violence by the Islamist group Boko Haram, including attacks on churches and suicide bombings [ID 209654]

31.01.2012 - Source:Reuters

"Suspected Boko Haram kill 6 in Nigeria's Maiduguri" , Author: AlertNet

Borno state: According to authorities, suspected militants from the Islamist sect Boko Haram have killed 6 people in shootings on 30 and 31 January [ID 209561]

02.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Violent Islamic uprising in northern Nigeria: from the "Taleban" to Boko Haram II" , Author: Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

Report on Islamist radicalism in Northern Nigeria [ID 209560]

30.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Nigeria's Igbo tribal elders call for evacuation due to violence" , Author: Voice of America

Igbo tribes are staging a mass evacuation of women and children from the North due to violence blamed on the Islamist sect Boko Haram [ID 209549]

27.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Gunmen kill 15, burn bodies in northern Nigeria" , Author: Agence France-Presse

Zamfara state: According to police, gunmen have killed 15 village traders returning from a market and set their bodies ablaze [ID 209330]

27.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Gunmen shoot police officers in flashpoint Nigerian city" , Author: Agence France-Presse

City of Kano: Gunmen opened fire on a police station and 2 officers were feared dead; attacks claimed by the Islamist sect Boko Haram killed 185 people in recent days [ID 209329]

25.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Fresh attack on police in Nigerian city of Kano" , Author: Agence France-Presse

City of Kano: According to residents, around 30 alleged members of Boko Haram attacked a police station with bombs and gunfire, killing a woman [ID 209327]

24.01.2012 - Source:Amnesty International 

"Nigeria: Authorities must protect population against deadly attacks [AFR 44/003/2012]"

The government has repeatedly failed to prevent, investigate, prosecute or punish attacks by the Boko Haram; on 21 January 2012, at least 186 people were killed in Kano when members of the Islamist group bombed security forces at 8 different locations [ID 209326]

24.01.2012 - Source:Reuters

"TIMELINE-Ethnic and religious unrest in Nigeria" , Author: AlertNet

Timeline of religious and ethnic violence over the last 10 years [ID 209325]

24.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Boko Haram: Nigerian legislature to strengthen Anti-terrorism Act" , Author: Pan African News Agency

According to Senate President David Mark, the National Assembly is to strengthen the country's Anti-Terrorism Act so it can be more effectively used to counter the Islamist sect Boko Haram [ID 209321]

23.01.2012 - Source:ReliefWeb 

"Nigeria police discover eight bomb-laden cars" , Author: Agence France-Presse

City of Kano: Police said they found 8 abandoned cars packed with bombs [ID 209319]