‘Half the city underwater’: One million affected by northern Nigeria ...
Sep 12, 2024 · Conflict, high food inflation & catastrophic floods in Maiduguri have left thousands displaced & crops decimated. 🌾 With food production crippled, hunger is surging. We need urgent global ...
Nigeria floods kill 30, displace 400,000 in Maiduguri - News
Sep 11, 2024 · A dam rupture caused by torrential rains triggered severe flooding in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, affecting 414,000 people and killing 30. The disaster forced residents to flee...
‘A disaster’: Homes lost, relatives missing in floods in northeast Nigeria
Sep 19, 2024 · Abdullahi is one of an estimated 300,000 people displaced by floods that hit Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri early last week. Some 37 people have died, according to government figures....
Female suicide bombers kill at least 18 in Nigeria | AP News
Jun 30, 2024 · MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Female suicide bombers targeted a wedding, a funeral and a hospital in coordinated attacks in northern Nigeria that killed at least 18 people, local authorities said Sunday.
Nigeria Alau Dam collapse in Maiduguri: Survivors desperate as …
Sep 12, 2024 · A city in north-eastern Nigeria is inundated with flood waters, leaving residents homeless and desperate.
Boko Haram militants on motorcycles attacked a Nigerian village ...
Sep 4, 2024 · MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — At least 100 villagers were killed in northeastern Nigeria when suspected Boko Haram Islamic extremists opened fire on a market, on worshippers and in people’s homes, residents said Wednesday, …
Nigeria floods affect one million people after dam collapse
Sep 11, 2024 · Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris, reporting from Maiduguri in Nigeria, said a “stream of people” are currently making their way out of areas covered by the floodwaters. He said civilians have been...
Hundreds flee in northwest Nigeria after attacks, official, residents ...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, May 27 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people have fled their villages in a rural community in northwestern Nigeria after weekend attacks by armed groups left 10 dead and at least...
Nigeria: Dam overflow sparks crisis in northern city Maiduguri
Sep 11, 2024 · Flood water from an overflowing dam has destroyed thousands of homes in Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno state in northeast Nigeria, with emergency officials fearing the situation could get worse.
Thousands of Boko Haram Members Surrendered. They Moved In …
Sep 23, 2021 · MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — For over a decade, the extremist group Boko Haram has terrorized northeastern Nigeria — killing tens of thousands of people, kidnapping schoolgirls and sending suicide...