Search Results for: Northwest nigeria
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Vestiges Of Violence
What’s A Home Compared To Safety?
Communities under Chikun LGA, Northwest Nigeria, are no longer safe. In some settlements across the LGA, empty houses have become…
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Vestiges Of Violence
He Survived Kidnapping Without A Ransom
In Northwest Nigeria, being kidnapped is not about being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Mustapha Shafi’i, a…
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Armed Violence
In Kano, Criminal Networks Evading Surveillance Are Terrorising Some Villages
Musbahu Shanono used to love the journey home. There was something about that drive from Lagos to Shanono, something about…
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Analyses
Racism in the Sahel and the Intelligence Gaps Fueling Terrorism
The ideological battlegrounds of northern Nigeria are disintegrating into a shadow war of self-interest, racial hierarchies, and fragmented loyalties. Once…
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Armed Violence
Trapped Between War and Peace: A Former Boko Haram Fighter’s Dilemma
Markaz: The centre of an emerging extremist movement Manzir Lawan was barely 14 when his parents enrolled him in Mohammed…
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Investigations
Buried Wealth, Stolen Futures: The Hidden Costs of Artisanal Mining in Borno
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… One Friday afternoon in January, I was led to the Dogon Daji…
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Analyses
#HumAngleAt5: The Bold Idea Transformed into Conflict Reporting in Africa
When he was declared wanted in 2016, many teeth tattled that another man had “fallen into the Nigerian government’s net”.…
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Armed Violence
Unsafe Zamfara Schools Endanger, Push More Children Out of School
Abubakar Sani wore a blank expression that concealed his mood and made it difficult to discern the stories his eyes…
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Features
Hope Fades For Sokoto Farmers As Perennial Flooding Destroys Farmlands
The unusual roars of the cloudy sky over the village of Tsitse chiselled a warm smile on Salihu Yakubu’s face.…
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Investigations
Truth Under Fire
Many Nigerians yearn for the opportunity to participate in a peaceful voting process, one where they can exercise their right…
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