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Humanitarian Crises
Hunger In Borno’s Gubio Camp Is Worsening Disease, Pushing More Women to Survival Sex
The hunger following the stoppage of distribution of food and aid to displaced people’s camps by the Borno state government…
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Features
The Hopelessness Of One Orphaned By A Brutal Insurgency
Children bear the physical and mental scars of the horrors and brutality of Nigeria’s 13-year-old insurgency in the northeast. One…
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Armed Violence
Book Review: The Perils Of Firearms
It was from 1990 — as Richard Reid notes in his book, History of Modern Africa — that the African…
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Emergencies
Many Lives Lost As Days Of Rainfall Floods Maiduguri
Residents of Gwange, a crowded neighbourhood of Maiduguri Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, did not sleep all through Friday night as…
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Environment & Climate Change
Flood Washes Away Farmlands In Borno
Justina Augustine, a widow and mother of eight, was in a dismal mood as she stood, ankle deep, in the…
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Humanitarian Crises
Over 12,400 Schools Abandoned, Closed In West, Central Africa – Report
Over 12,400 schools in eight countries in West and Central Africa have been shut down leaving 57 million children and…
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Armed Violence
Anger At Zamfara Gov’t Peace Deal Giving Land To Terrorists
A deal supposed to bring peace to Zamfara State is provoking anger among farmers, who fear they will be forced…
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Armed Violence
As Schools Reopen, Cameroon Orders Deployment Of Special Forces Against Separatists
Cameroon’s head of state, President Paul Biya, has ordered the Minister of Armed Forces to deploy special units of the…
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Armed Violence
Terrorists Kill 1, Release 43 Abducted In Zamfara Mosque
Terrorists responsible for the kidnap of 44 worshippers at a Jumu’at mosque in Zamfara State have killed one Babangida Muhammadu…
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Armed Violence
Amid Terror: Travelling The ‘Red Zone’ From Kaduna To Birnin Gwari
When he talks about his farm located at Birnin Gwari, Jibrin spits in anger: “Anyone who tells you there’s security…
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