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Features
#DapchiAbduction: Before Her Abduction, Fatima Hoped To Become A Nurse
Dapchi, Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria. 5:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Feb. 19, 2018. When she first hears the gunshots, she…
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Features
#DapchiAbduction: Because They Went To School, They Paid With Their Lives
Alhaji Hassan looks like he could break into tears any moment. Not the kind of weeping that might hint at…
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News
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 State West Africa Province (ISWAP) arrived at Govt.…
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Armed Violence
Terrorists Taking Advantage Of Starvation To Recruit IDPs In Borno
It was true that Falmata’s husband had strayed too far into the forest in his search for firewood to bring…
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Displacement & Migration
#AfricansInUkraine: Stranded Nigerians, Other Africans Continue To Face Multi-layered Horrors
When the wail of an air raid siren sounded overnight on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, Jessica Orakpo jolted to wakefulness…
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Features
A Walk Through Sex, Drugs, And Despair With Women In Kano
The road, flanked by several brothels, is brought alive by chattering and casual swearing from young people, the sound of…
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Displacement & Migration
As Borno Domesticates Nigeria’s VAPP Act, What Does It Mean For Displaced Women?
For women like Falmata, reportedly raped first by terrorists while in abduction, and then allegedly by soldiers of the Nigerian…
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Features
The Agony Of A Mother Whose Son Died From Drug Addiction
On the morning of the day Suleiman Yahaya died, he had been singing the lines of popular Nigerian song ‘Sweet…
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Features
Terror: A 10-Year-Old’s Journey Into Adulthood With Drug Addiction
In retrospect, Terror should have known it was a trap. His father asking him to come along to help bring…
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Features
Surviving Hell (6): From A Harrowing Detention Cell To An Unfamiliar Home
While Baana Alhaji Ali was in detention, the officials at Giwa barracks where he was held would move from cell…
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