Boko Haram

Africa

Lagos — As I waited at Nigeria's Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos, watching bags of various colors and shapes tumble onto the carousel, I cast a glance around the airport. It always feels good to be back in the city that was my home for over 20 years. Nearby were four men I believed were airport officials from the ID cards on lanyards around their necks. They were talking animatedly.

October 25, 2017 Commentary

Nigeria: Why Boko Haram Suspects Deserve Fair Trials

Babatunde Olugboji
Deputy Program Director

Published In: allAfrica
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May 8, 2017 Dispatches

Nigeria Fails to Protect Freed Chibok Schoolgirls’ Privacy

Mausi Segun
Executive Director, Africa
Africa

March 30, 2017 Dispatches

Hundreds of Abducted Children Still Missing in Nigeria

Mausi Segun
Executive Director, Africa

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April 11, 2016 Video

Boko Haram Conflict Keeping Kids Out of School
March 29, 2016 Video

Boko Haram Massacre in Damasak

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April 11, 2016 News Release

Nigeria: Northeast Children Robbed of Education
February 4, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Protect Lives, Not Just Territory, Against Attacks

Mausi Segun
Executive Director, Africa
November 24, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Ensure Basic Rights for Boko Haram’s Victims

Mausi Segun
Executive Director, Africa
July 29, 2015 Commentary

A Long Way Home: Life for the Women Rescued from Boko Haram

Mausi Segun
Executive Director, Africa

Published In: Foreign Affairs
June 10, 2015 Commentary

Anatomy of a Boko Haram Massacre

Samer Muscati
Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division

Published In: Foreign Policy
March 26, 2015 Report

Nigeria: At Least 1,000 Civilians Dead Since January
January 14, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: What Really Happened in Baga, Nigeria?

Mausi Segun
Executive Director, Africa
October 11, 2012 Commentary

Nigerians caught in the crossfire

Daniel Williams

Published In: Washington Post
March 7, 2012 News Release

Nigeria: Boko Haram Targeting Schools
January 23, 2012 News Release

Nigeria: Boko Haram Widens Terror Campaign
September 24, 2009 Statement

Statement to US Congressional International Religious Freedom Caucus on Prospects for Justice in Northern and Central Nigeria

April 11, 2016

“They Set the Classrooms on Fire”

Attacks on Education in Northeast Nigeria
March 26, 2015

Nigeria: At Least 1,000 Civilians Dead Since January

Urgent Need for Aid, Protection for Fleeing Civilians
October 27, 2014

“Those Terrible Weeks in Their Camp”

Boko Haram Violence against Women and Girls in Northeast Nigeria

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