Nigeria's Maiduguri is the grip of fear and confusion after 200 prisoners escaped a prison facility ravaged by massive flooding. Among those who escaped are commanders of the terrorist group Boko Haram who were directly responsible for deadly violence in the country's northeast.

Nigeria floods: Animals escape after water destroys zoo

Nigeria floods: Over 1 million affected by severe floods

The Nigerian army allegedly massacred children in its ongoing war efforts against the Islamic insurgents in the country's northeast, a Reuters report claimed. The report cites more than 40 sources, including soldiers and civilians who claim to have witnessed the military killing children or to have seen corpses of children in the aftermath of army operations.

Nigerian army participated in systematic, intentional killing of children during war: Report

For the last nine years, the Nigerian Army has allegedly run a "secret, systematic and illegal" abortion programme in the country's northeast. A report claims that the army forcefully terminated close to 10,000 pregnancies.

Since 2009, a Nigerian army run forced abortion programme has terminated 10,000 pregnancies: Report

Amid a long-running battle against militants, the economy of Nigeria's Maiduguri is struggling after power lines were destroyed, cutting the northeastern city off from the national grid.

Nigeria: Maiduguri struggles to recover without power

After one of the deadliest massacres, villagers in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state buried nearly 43 farmers who were killed by suspected Islamist militants. The villagers dug graves for 43 victims and laid them down, while the local security forces continued their search for dozens of missing villagers.

Nigeria: Nearly 43 villagers buried after suspected Boko Haram attack

Jihadists have killed four Nigerian soldiers and a member of a local self-defence group in an ambush in restive northeast Nigeria, security sources said Tuesday.

Jihadists kill four Nigerian troops: Report

The blasts happened at about 8:30 pm on Friday in Konduga, some 35 kilometres southeast of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri

Suicide blasts kill 19 in northeast Nigeria: Civilian Militia

The camps have seen high death rates from severe acute malnutrition in camps, even famine. A UN official compared it to the Darfur crisis

UN delivers food to starving displaced by Boko Haram

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