The UNHCR has reported that violence has led to the displacement of over 3.5 million people across the Lake Chad Basin, highlighting a growing humanitarian crisis in the region, which includes Nigeria, Chad, and Niger.

Female lawyers, represented by the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), protested in Abuja against the ongoing abduction and killing of women and children in the country. They called for urgent action to address what they described as a national emergency, highlighting the unacceptable rise in abuse, kidnappings, and exploitation.

Nigeria is identified as the country with the highest levels of religious violence globally. Addressing this crisis requires the Nigerian government's immediate and sincere political commitment to enforce existing solutions, according to The Chanzo.

The United Nations reports that sexual violence is increasingly being used as a 'weapon of war' in Sudan, with the scale and brutality of these attacks being unprecedented. The attacks are reportedly aimed at terrorizing communities, highlighting a severe humanitarian crisis in the region.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), with assistance from the Government of Japan, has provided Inter-Agency Reproductive Health (IARH) kits and other humanitarian supplies to Benue State, reaffirming its commitment to support vulnerable persons in the region, according to ThisDay Live.

Female students from Osun State University (UNIOSUN) reported experiencing severe harassment from soldiers, describing incidents that they likened to the trauma faced by kidnapping victims. The allegations include inappropriate physical contact, with one student recounting an incident where a soldier grabbed her breasts. These events reportedly took place last Tuesday, raising concerns about the safety and treatment of students in the area, according to Vanguard.