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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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Features
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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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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Humanitarian Crises
More Knifar Women’s Husbands Regain Freedom
A total of 540 men, including husbands of the Knifar women, have been released from the Mallam Sidi camp in…
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Features
Going Missing As A Refugee In Cameroon, The Story Of Mallam Abba
Mallam Abba Aji. Bulama Abba. Kanyima. Lawan Khadijaye. Mattaá Ya Asheye. Baana Nasarye. Mustafa Mallam Fantami. All seven people are…
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Boko Haram: Ex-Detainee Recounts Horrific Torture, Deaths In Giwa Barracks
Apart from those who stood guard over the city, almost everyone had retired to their beds as the sky laid…
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Humanitarian Crises
Hunger, Economic Hardship Forcing Resettled IDPs Back To Maiduguri
From the city centre, it takes about 30 minutes of moving through the tiny streets and dusty paths to arrive…
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Features
Initiative Gives Nigerian Ex-inmates Boost To Restart Their Lives
Hezekiah Olujobi, born on Aug. 8, 1963, suffered unlawful detention at Agodi prison in Ibadan, Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria between…
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Displacement & Migration
Former Detainee With Tuberculosis Complications Receives Help
Adam Modu, an Internally Displaced Person (IDP) in Maiduguri, Northeast Nigeria, who took ill after the military detained him, has…
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Displacement & Migration
Nigeria’s Intention For IDPs And How It Treats Them Are Miles Apart
Since it returned to democratic rule in 1999, Nigeria has faced a steady rise in the number of Internally Displaced…
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