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NIGERIA: A child bride, a dead husband and a long battle
17/Oct/2014 Publication
Accused of murdering her husband of five months when aged just 13, Maimuna Abdulmumini was sentenced to death by a court in Nigeria. After a legal battle lasting six years, lawyers from Avocats Sans Frontieres (ASF France) successfully worked to secure a reprieve, but her future remains uncertain.
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HEALTH: Ebola outbreak - 'Five people infected every hour'
2/Oct/2014 News
A leading children's charity has warned that a rate of five new Ebola cases an hour in Sierra Leone means healthcare demands are far outstripping supply.
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Maimuna Abdulmumini v. Nigeria
Tue, 10/06/2014 - 00:00 Case Law
Case concerning the imposition of death penalty on a child in Nigeria.
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CEDEAO : le Nigéria viole la Charte africaine des droits et du bien-être de l'enfant
30/Sep/2014 News
Maimuna, jeune maman, va-t-elle échapper à la pendaison ? Parce qu'elle était mineure au moment des faits, la justice de la Cedeao estime que sa condamnation à mort est une violation de ses droits.
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NIGERIA: Boko Haram abduct dozens of boys from village
18/Aug/2014 News
Boys and men forcibly taken by militant group in north-east Nigeria, four months after kidnapping of schoolgirls.
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NIGERIA: Desperate Nigerians fleeing Boko Haram arriving on deserted island in Chad, UN warns
6/Aug/2014 News
[5 August 2014] – The United Nations refugee agency today sounded the alarm on behalf of the nearly 1,000 people who...
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NIGERIA: How to help in efforts to bring back kidnapped Nigerian girls
8/May/2014 News
Global outrage at the kidnapping has shown a widespread interest by regular people looking to help the girls, or help prevent another tragedy.
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NIGERIA: Boko Haram 'to sell' Nigeria girls abducted from Chibok
6/May/2014 News
Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram has threatened to "sell" the hundreds of schoolgirls it abducted three weeks ago.
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NIGERIA : les lycéennes enlevées "mariées de force aux hommes de Boko Haram"
5/May/2014 News
Enlevées dans leur lycée le 14 avril à Chibok, dans le nord-est du Nigeria, la plupart des 187 jeunes femmes aux mains des islamistes de Boko Haram auraient été mariées de force et emmenées dans les pays voisins, notamment au Cameroun.
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