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One Woman’s Journey From Displacement To Resettlement In Northeast Nigeria
Years ago, when Yakura Kumshe first arrived in Maiduguri, Northeast Nigeria, as…
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Abortion Amongst Displaced Women Reflects Deeper Societal Problems
One day at around 3 a.m., a camp for Internally Displaced Persons…
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Life In The Boko Haram Caliphate For An Abducted Woman
Amina was 17 when a Boko Haram terror member pointed a gun…
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A Military Officer Locked Up Her Husband, Then Proposed To Marry Her
He usually didn’t come with a convoy. That day, he did. He…
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More Knifar Women’s Husbands Regain Freedom
A total of 540 men, including husbands of the Knifar women, have…
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Nigeria’s Deradicalisation Programme For Terrorists Has No Place For Women
She has a quiet demeanour about her. Nothing in her stature lets…
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Hunger And Food Insecurity Crisis In Northeast
The prolonged conflict in northeastern Nigeria has displaced people from their ancestral…
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The Drug And Sex Lives Of Boko Haram Terrorists
One hot night in the deep forests of Sambisa, in northeastern Nigeria,…
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Kellu Haruna, Through The Eyes Of The People She Loved And Fought For
On the day that Kellu Haruna received video evidence that her husband…
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#DapchiAbduction: The Dapchi Girls’ Dashed Hopes Of Education, Empowerment
Somewhere in Jumbam, a town five kilometres away from Dapchi, northeastern Nigeria,…
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#DapchiAbduction: Many Of The Girls Got Married After Their Release. Why?
Tomorrow, it’ll be forty days since Aisha Mahmuda gave birth to her…
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#DapchiAbduction: Before Her Abduction, Fatima Hoped To Become A Nurse
Dapchi, Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria. 5:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Feb. 19,…
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#DapchiAbduction: Because They Went To School, They Paid With Their Lives
Alhaji Hassan looks like he could break into tears any moment. Not…
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Parents Of Slain Dapchi Girls Insist Abduction Could Have Been Averted
On Feb. 19, 2018, at around 5:30 p.m., militants of the Islamic…
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Terrorists Taking Advantage Of Starvation To Recruit IDPs In Borno
It was true that Falmata’s husband had strayed too far into the…
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Borno’s Christian IDPs (3): Finding Their Way Away From Camps
Two women, fiftyish Saratu Yohanna and the much younger Hannatu Yakubu, 34,…
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Borno’s Christian IDPs (2): Battling Mental Illness Amid Hunger
The lone man seated on a bench, demeanour like one tamed to…
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Borno’s Christian IDPs (1): Struggling For Survival Almost Without Support
The man sits up with an air of dignity lacking in many…
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Guilty Until Proven Innocent: How Nigeria Further Preyed On Terror Victims
The people of Andara, a town in Northeast Nigeria, were worried sick…
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Her Husband’s Death ‘At The Hands Of Nigerian Soldiers’ Drove Her Crazy — Literally
Saraya’s life took a turn for the worse when her partner was…
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Mixed Reactions, Concerns Trail Boko Haram Mass Surrenders In Northeast Nigeria
Both the jungles of Sambisa and the fringes of Lake Chad have…