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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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A Skills, Literacy Initiative Is Giving Almajirai A Lifeline In Northern Nigeria
Khalifa Dankadai’s office is tucked into an alcove of a multicoloured school building he administers, directly across the busy intersection…
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The Deadly Crises Tearing Nigerian Rural Communities Apart
Azeez Adam, 52, stretched his left leg, braced with a metal cage, in his hospital bed by the door of…
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‘We Depend On Rain For Water’: Residents In Ibadan Community Lament Scarcity
Salaudeen Safurat, 67, is one of many residents struggling to access potable water in the Mapo area of Ibadan, Southwest…
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Onion Farming Fills Humanitarian Gaps At Borno Unofficial IDP Camp
One recent late afternoon, Lawan Usman and his three sons cultivate an onion nursery near a large pool of water…
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Patients Complain Of Neglect At Nigeria’s Minna General Hospital
Around September last year, Maimuna Idris woke up at 3 a. m. bleeding and suffering a stomach ache. She was…
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Living In A ‘Critical State’: The Price Of A South African Town’s Dirty Water
Having spent much of his adult life working in the coal mines in Welkom, pensioner Hendrik Tlaudi says he now…
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Traffic Robberies, Missing Persons… The Face Of Insecurity In Lagos
Femi Adeyemi, 38, works as a driver with Chevron Corporation, an American multinational energy corporation in the Ajah axis of…
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Resettlement Efforts In Nigeria’s Guzamala Suffer Setbacks
Modu Zarami* recently leased a farm in the villages surrounding Gajiram, a town in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria. Earlier this…
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Eight Years After He Went Missing, A Letter Came Bearing Good News. But It’s Not Enough.
Not long before the world went on lockdown in early 2020, Hajja Gana Muhammad, 60, received a letter that brought…
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