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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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Maiduguri Flood Puts Displaced Residents At Risk Of Waterborne Epidemic
Days of torrential downpour have forced many residents in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, to temporarily evacuate from their flooded homes. Badly…
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This NGO Is Toeing A New Path To Tackle Unemployment In The Niger Delta And It’s Working
Mary Ogbonna worked as a sales girl at the Aba International Market in Abia, Southeast Nigeria. But she wanted more…
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The Trials Of Nigeria’s Shia Muslims
When gunshots rang out on a Friday in Nov. 2015, Adamu Auta thought they were fireworks. But when he saw…
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Let There Be Light
Akinruntan Banjo was 12 when his father told him of a future where the government would supply electricity to their…
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U.S. Played Secret Role In Nigeria Attack That Killed More Than 160 Civilians
The United States played an unacknowledged role in the 2017 bombing of an internally displaced persons’ camp in Nigeria that…
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‘A Tsunami Of Human Waste’ – Half Of South Africa’s Sewage Treatment Works Are Failing
When he was 13 years old, Rudy Hanse joined the guppy development programme offered by the Milnerton Canoe Club in…
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A Database Of Donors Is Filling Blood Supply Gaps In Nigeria
Oftentimes, when Adekola, 29, is experiencing an episode of sickle cell crisis, his doctor informs him that his blood count…
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A Mentorship Programme Is Turning Young PWDs Into A Thriving Workforce
In 2017, Aisha Dirisu was visiting a cousin at work when she noticed a young man struggling to gain access…
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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 (IDPs) in Maiduguri, Northeast Nigeria, was roused awake…
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