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July 26, 2021
Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: July 17–23
This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from July 17 to July 23, 2021.
August 19, 2019
Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: August 10–16
This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from August 10 to 16, 2019.
March 5, 2020
Democratic Republic of Congo
Tentative Victory Against Ebola in Eastern Congo
Officials from Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the last Ebola patient has been discharged from a hospital in Beni. The patient’s discharge follows two weeks in which no new cases of Ebola have been reported. The current Ebola outbreak in the eastern DRC started in August 2018. Some 3,300 fell ill from the virus, and about two-thirds of those succumbed to it.
August 15, 2019
Nigeria
The Zakzaky Saga Continues in India, as Sheikh Seeks Medical Treatment
In August, the ailing Sheikh Ibrahim el-Zakzaky and his wife, who have been in government custody since 2015, was allowed to receive medical attention abroad. He touched down in Delhi on August 13, though his visit has been mired in controversy.
March 4, 2020
Nigeria
Nigeria Responds to First Coronavirus Case, Learning From 2014 Ebola Response
The new coronavirus was introduced into Nigeria on February 25, 2020, by an Italian engineer traveling from Milan (a European center of the virus outbreak) via Istanbul to Lagos on Turkish Airlines. Nigeria’s Ebola response in 2014 may be instructive for how it responds to coronavirus today.
