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Displacement & Migration
The Women Whose Husbands Were Arrested and ‘Disappeared’
Yagana Kamsulum has not stopped hoping her husband will return to her, three years after he disappeared. Modu Kamsulum was…
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News
Court Gives More Time To Investigate Hostage Negotiator Involved In Kaduna Train Kidnappings
A court has granted the security services more time to investigate the man who facilitated ransom payments to kidnappers holding…
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Extremism
Media Jihad: Social Media Use Shows Islamic State’s Increasing Interest In Africa
The Islamic State has increased the number of Hausa language social media accounts, signalling their focus on local insurgencies in…
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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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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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Armed Violence
“General Satan” Anglophone Separatist Killed In Cameroon
The self-proclaimed “General Satan”, a fighter with the Anglophone separatists suspected of murdering civilians, has been killed by the Cameroon…
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Armed Violence
Niger, Kogi: Terrorists’ New Haven. What You Need To Know
Between April and Aug. 2022, terrorists conducted attacks in Niger and Kogi states and some parts of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital…
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Disinformation
Fact-check: Nigeria Not Second Most Terrorised Country
Reports from Nigerian media outlets claim the country is the second most terrorised in the world. Misquoting Jihad Analytics, they…
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Armed Violence
A Triad Of Nightmares Shadows Farmers Surviving The Boko Haram Crisis
Sometimes the cost of working on a farm in Borno could be as simple as struggling to source agricultural resources…
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Human Rights
‘Thief! Thief!’: Living With The Scars Of Nigeria’s Jungle Justice Rage
Frank Afanvi, 38, was a Nigerian-Togolese who lived all his life in Nigeria’s southwestern Lagos State. He taught French at…
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