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The Day ‘Peacekeeping’ Troops Became Murderous In Nigeria’s Cross River Community
Isoko Eta, 42, sat quietly in front of his burnt house. He had just swept the surroundings of his late…
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‘It Feels Like Fire Ants Are Stinging My Genital’
The fullness of Maryam Abba’s gruff voice shrinks to a whisper as she describes the itching and burning sensation she…
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We Asked AI To Write About Violence In Zamfara, Nigeria. This Is The Result.
What is the situation in Zamfara? Since 2011, Zamfara State in Northwestern Nigeria has suffered from a wave of banditry,…
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Coping With Multiple Identities As An Intersex Person In Wartime Borno
The directive was that the Nigerian army was never to take them alive. And so every day when Sadiq and…
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‘When Is Father Coming Back?’
Hauwa Bulama has never met her father. If not for his national identity card, she would not even know what…
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Gwoza Massacre: Survivors Still Displaced, Unable To Return Home 8 Years Later
Before Safiratu Ayuba and hundreds of others fled their homes the evening the massacre happened, they had put up a…
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‘Sometimes I Wish For Death’: A Displaced Mother Grieves Loss Of Last Child
His real name is Lawan Muhammad but everyone calls him L7. This is because, in 2005, when he was still…
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Lives Have Been Torn Apart By The Boko Haram Insurgency. So Have Marriages
When Adamu, weary and drained from a trip, reached his tent in Malkohi, a community in Adamawa, northeastern Nigeria, he…
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A Missing Father, Six Daughters And A Struggling Wife
“I would be very happy. I would be happier than you could ever imagine. I would hit my legs against…
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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 at her mother, hoisted her atop his bike,…
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