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Neglected Elderly Women Sleep On The Streets After IDP Camp’s Closure In Borno
One morning about a year ago, when government officials arrived at the Kawar Maila makeshift camp to distribute relocation notices,…
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Women In Borno IDP Camp Allege Selective Treatment By Officials
A group of women at Dalori II Internally Displaced Persons’ (IDP) camp in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria has alleged that…
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Benue IDP Camp Where Women Smoke ‘To Stay Alive’
When it rains, the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Tse-Yandev, Benue State, North-central Nigeria, shiver in trepidation. Their tents can…
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IDP Diaries: ‘Women Walk In Groups To Protect Themselves From Attacks’
Why do we move in large crowds whenever we want to go to the farm? Boko Haram can attack us…
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The Discreet Lives Of Women Living With HIV In Nigerian IDP Camps
Hajiya*, 30, was out of town when Boko Haram militants attacked Bama in 2014. By the time she returned, her…
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Tales Of Women Widowed By Boko Haram In IDPs Camps
Many single mothers in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps or those taking refuge in host communities are widowed as a…
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How Climate Change Affects Women In Northeastern Nigeria
On a Saturday evening in November last year, a pickup truck came to a stop in front of an Internally…
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Emergencies
Hardship Worsens As Fire Engulfs IDP Camp In North East Nigeria
On Tuesday, March 12, a fire outbreak at the Muna Kumburi displacement camp in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State,…
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Displacement & Migration
When IDPs Vote: Conflict Chipping Away At Political Freedom Where It Matters Most
On the eve of Nigeria’s last presidential election, around 4 p.m., Ibrahim Hassan wore one of his finest clothes, grabbed…
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Breaking Barriers: Organisations Making A Difference For Women In Nigeria
Kaltume Adamu was one of those considered an expert in female genital mutilation by many mothers in her community in…
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