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The Deradicalised (2): How A Non-Terrorist Ended Up At Operation Safe Corridor
When Nigeria’s armed forces recaptured Banki in September 2015, a year after it was seized by Boko Haram, members of…
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Insurgency Victims Divided Over Efforts To Reconcile Parties Without Compensation
The torn flaps of the umbrella sway to the direction of wind blowing from the east of the roadside market…
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Nigeria Must Provide Unrestricted Humanitarian Access In Northeast – Amnesty International
Amnesty International has advised the Nigerian Government to provide immediate, unfettered humanitarian access across Northeast Nigeria. In a new report,…
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The Deradicalised (1): One Man’s Journey From Almajiri To Jihadist And Then IDP
Nothing about Usman’s* demeanour is menacing. The 25-year-old, thin as a rake, radiates good cheer wherever he goes. He is…
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‘Repentant Boko Haram’: A Look At Operation Safe Corridor Deradicalisation And Rehabilitation Camp — ICIR Report
On the morning of September 6, a 78-year-old man climbed aboard a green-white-green “Borno State Government Free School Bus”. Alkali…
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Knifar: Family Stricken Over Detainee-TB Patient Abandoned In Borno Hospitals
Ina, an internally displaced woman in Borno State, visited the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH), in May 2019, with…
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Why Local Conflict-Reporting Lacks Depth And What Journalists Can Do Differently
Insecurity has, for many years, occupied a central position among an array of dire problems Nigerians face. For people in…
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Borno IDPs Raise Alarm Over Delay, Irregularities In Food Supply
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno, who were recently released from Giwa Barracks, a notorious military detention facility in Maiduguri,…
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Knifar: Women Facing Forced Family Separation By Soldiers Cry Out
Hauwa has not heard from her husband in many years. In 2015, her town, Bama, Borno State, was overrun by…
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Starvation, Overcrowding, Injustice Dot Lives Of Child Detainees At Military Detention Centres
Former child detainees at various military detention facilities have described to Amnesty International (AI) the inhuman conditions in which they…
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