The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on a visit to Nigeria on Tuesday in Maiduguri, visited a rehabilitation centre for victims of Boko-Haram and an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp.
The Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Borno disengaged i2,203 children within its rank and file in compliance with the UN Convention against the use of child soldiers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CJTF was established by the Borno Government in 2013 to assist security forces in the fight against insurgency. […]