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Even within the context of the global pandemic, Nigeria still struggles with inordinate and escalating violence in most parts of the country. Our report informs that Nigeria recorded at least three hundred and fifty-six (356) deaths in May 2020. Of particular note was the escalating pillages in Southern Kaduna, which led to the loss of…
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As COVID-19 continues to ravage every nation on earth, Nigeria also continues to contend with managing the crisis of violent killings. The record for the month of April via our tracking system shows that, at least two hundred and seventy-four (274) persons lost their lives to violent killings across the country. Particularly disturbing was the…
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While the entire country was focused on the global Covid-19 pandemic which led to the death of 4 persons, in the month of March 2020, Nigeria recorded the loss of at least three hundred and fifty-three 353 lives to violent mass killings across the country. The recorded attacks bordered around continued terrorism, banditry/pillage attacks, targeted…
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In the month of February 2020, we recorded 374 violent deaths related to mass atrocities across 21 states of Nigeria. This was a slight decline in the number of casualties from the previous month with a record 415 deaths. These deaths are traceable to specific attacks: terrorism, banditry/pillages, herdsmen/farmer…
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‘Optimistic’ was not an adjective that best described Nigerians as 2020 kicked off with an uptick in the number of casualties of mass atrocities. Our tracking of violent killings for January informs that at least 121 people were killed in the first 10 days of the year; and…
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Brief on Violence in Nigeria’s North-West Region Nigeria’s North-West region, comprising seven states – Kano, Kaduna, Kebbi, Katsina, Jigawa, Sokoto, and Zamfara, has been a hotbed of violence of varying contexts. Plagued by over a decade long history of mass violence due to banditry, jihadist activities, pastoralist…
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Between June 10 and 11 of 2020 , about 150 citizens were killed in mass violence across the country. They will not be here. Democracy ended for them. They will never speak again. They will never vote again. #NigeriaMourns today spoke for Nigerians who have died from insecurity in our democracy by publishing a representative…
Human Rights and Governance in COVID-19 Bulletin Weekly Bulletin Tuesday, 9th June, 2020 Published by the Secretariat of the Joint Action Civil Society Coalition (Nigeria Mourns) Nigeria’s first 100 days of COVID-19 Nigeria, on Saturday 6th June, 2020, attained the milestone of 100 days since the index case…
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Human Rights and Governance in COVID-19 Bulletin Weekly Bulletin Tuesday 2nd June 2020 Published by the Secretariat of the Joint Action Civil Society Coalition (Nigeria Mourns) Phase Two of Eased Lockdown The Presidential Task Force on Covid19 (PTF) announced a “Cautious advance into the second phase of the…
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Human Rights and Governance Bulletin Weekly Bulletin Tuesday 26th May 2020 Safeguarding Frontline Health Workers in the fight against Covid-19 in Africa Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most-populous continent after Asia with about 1.3 billion people. As at 9 am EAT, May 12, 2020, a total of 66,373 COVID-19 cases and 2,336 (CFR: 4%)…
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