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Analyses
Post-Election Violence Risks More Conflict in Fragile Cameroon
The streets have grown restless since Cameroon announced the results of its Oct. 12 presidential election, which returned 92-year-old Paul…
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Khartoum Was Home Until It Wasn’t
When conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Force (RSF) had reached its peak in early…
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Armed Violence
Peace Initiative Struggles to End Cross River’s Deadly Land Dispute
It was a sombre Thursday afternoon in Alesi, a community in Ikom Local Government Area (LGA) of Cross River State,…
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Inside Nigeria’s Criminal Rosewood Economy
The cold bites harder at night. Nathaniel Bitrus* feels it on his face as the motorcycle roars along the dirt…
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News
Amid Boko Haram Crisis, Contraband Trade Thrives along Cameroon-Nigeria Borders
Amid ongoing terrorist activities by Boko Haram in northern Cameroon, particularly in the Far North, contraband trade with Nigeria and…
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Analyses
How TikTok Fuels a New Wave of WhatsApp Scams in Hausa Language
When Mukhtar Dahiru saw a TikTok video promising he could make money on WhatsApp, he clicked without hesitation. Within days,…
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Analyses
Lake Chad Communities Vulnerable Following MNJTF Exit Due to Boko Haram Attacks
The recent Boko Haram attack on Kirawa, a border town in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria,…
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Investigations
Climate Shocks, Governance Gaps and the Refugee Crisis in the Sahel
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Centre. Yusuf Abdullahi stood beside the only well left in his town, its…
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Floods Push Families from Their Homes in the Benue River Valley to the Streets
Under the scorching sun, away from their makeshift tent of thatch, bamboo, and a tarpaulin sheet used as roofing, Pwanabeshi…
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The Unknown Flesh-Eating Disease in Nigeria’s Adamawa
Abubakar Ibrahim woke one morning in June to find his leg swelling. By nightfall, the entire limb was ballooned and…
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