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Features
Cost Of Living Crisis: Sick Nigerians Face Borrowing To Pay For Healthcare
Adetayo Sadiq, 42, has had to depend on his wife and well-wishers to sustain his family of five since he…
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Features
Cost Of Living Crisis: Fuel Subsidy Removal Deepens Poverty For Nigeria’s Urban Poor
By his own account, life had been alright for taxi driver Kasali Ogundele. But now, suddenly, he’s approaching his old…
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News
Experts Warn Cameroon Faces Heavier Downpours After Deadly Flooding
Forecasters are predicting more heavy rain in Cameroon, where scores of people have already been killed in floods, landslides and…
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Human Rights
Amnesty International Accuses Cameroon Military Of Rape During Operations
Amnesty International (AI) has accused cameroonian soldiers of rampant atrocities including rape of at least 15 women at the peak…
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Features
The Monetisation Of Justice By Nigeria’s Enforcement Officers
Tunji Olayiwola was sleeping in his self-contained apartment in the Badore area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, when police officers broke…
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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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Gender & SGBV
Cameroon Moves To Protect Children Online As Exploitation, Abuse Worsen
Last Tuesday, Cameroonian parliamentarians and META experts met to proffer ways to protect children from cyberbullying. This was spurred by…
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Gender & SGBV
‘He Dug His Teeth Into My Flesh, Threatened To Kill Me With A Cutlass’
Busayo* has been in an abusive marriage since 2005. Each time she considers walking out of the marriage, she thinks…
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Armed Violence
Extremist Violence In The Sahel Is Trickling Down To W/Africa’s Coastal Countries
West Africa has been embroiled in armed conflict for many years as terror groups wage war on governments and civilians.…
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News
Thousands Of Nigerians Seek Refuge In War-Torn Cameroon Community
The leader of a community in Cameroon has described the difficulty his tiny village is having hosting thousands of refugees…
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