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Armed Violence
Street Robberies: Losing Hope In Police, Kano Residents Fight Back With Mob Violence
A recent spike in incidents of fatal mob violence in Kano, a city in Northwest Nigeria, sparked by cases of…
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Extremism
Kenyan Pastor Asked His Followers To Starve Themselves To Death. They Obeyed.
Kenyan evangelical pastor Paul Mackenzie (also spelt Makenzi) convinced hundreds of his followers to starve themselves to death in hopes…
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Features
Building Collapse: How Lagos’ Unscrupulous Developers Corrupt The System
When an uncompleted seven-storey building on Lagos’ Banana Island collapsed in April, it was thought no one had died, as…
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Features
Jihadists Warn Members To Beware Online ‘Deepfakes’
Jihadists with ties to Al-Qaeda have warned followers about the possibility that “deepfake” Artificial Intelligence technology could be used to…
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Development
Nigeria Among Countries “A Step Away From Famine” This Year, Say Experts
West and Central Africa could be “one step away” from famine, the United Nations has said, and analysts are forecasting…
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Armed Violence
Sudanese Factions Agree To 24-hour Ceasefire To Evacuate Civilians
The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary unit, have agreed to a 24-hour ceasefire…
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Disinformation
Terrorists Using Local Language To Spread Propaganda On Facebook
Members of an Al-Qaeda-linked terror group in Nigeria have been using social media to spread their jihadi propaganda, recruit members…
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Analyses
Civilians Adapt To Survive As Insurgents Fight For Influence In Africa’s Central Sahel
Civilians in the conflict-torn Central Sahel have developed complex and innovative relationships with competing factions of insurgent and other extremist…
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Armed Violence
Kaduna Shia Protest Killings: Families Mourn Death Of Six Young Men
Hajara Shittu had a premonition that day that her son would not return home alive. This chilling feeling settled in…
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News
Nigeria Listed Among Countries Least Able To Deal With Environmental Disaster
Nigeria is among the ten countries in the world least able to deal with looming environmental disasters like increased flooding,…
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