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Humanitarian Crises
The IDPs Who Stayed Back
Just when Zara Buba starts to get comfortable, someone in uniform comes and rips her from her home. It happened…
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Featured
Highway Extortion By Security Agents In Borno Gulping Millions Yearly, Affecting Lives
The whirring from a vulcaniser at the Bama motor park in Maiduguri, Northeast Nigeria, could hardly be ignored. Passengers gradually…
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Development
Tears On The Shore: How Lagos $1.5 Billion Seaport Ruined Fortunes Of Local Communities
Nobody wanted to tell me the story behind the pain of a people in the coastal settlements of Lekki in…
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Extremism
The Dark World Of Jihadist Propaganda Channels On Telegram
Following the crackdown on Ansaru jihadist accounts on Facebook and WhatsApp in Feb. 2023, the group has shifted its operations…
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Gender & SGBV
Surviving Financial Abuse In A Traditional Marriage
When Rashida Ibrahim’s* brother came back home with a lost phone he picked up on the streets of Kaduna in…
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Gender & SGBV
Why It Is Important To ‘Center’ The Rights And Priorities Of Women During Humanitarian Response
In commemoration of World Refugee Day celebrated on Tuesday, June 20, the Executive Director of UN Women, Sima Bahous said…
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Disinformation
The Curious Case Of The ‘Unknown Gunmen’ And IPOB’s Internet Propaganda
Key takeaways: IPOB accounts on Facebook and other social media platforms began amplifying unknown gunmen attacks in early 2021, coinciding…
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Disinformation
Factcheck: This Video Shows Old Protest In Kano, Unconnected To Demolition Exercise
A video showing a placard-carrying crowd has been claimed to show a protest in Kano, Northwest Nigeria, against the state…
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Humanitarian Crises
Surge In Refugees And Displaced People In 2023
The last year has seen a surge in the number of displaced people. Data from the United Nations Refugee Agency…
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Armed Violence
A Rape Case Exposes The State Of Women’s Rights In Senegal
In Senegal, a rape case brought by a young woman against a prominent politician has laid bare the state of…
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