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Features
Forced Marriage, Rape, and the Silence of a Survivor in Nigeria’s Borno
When she was 11, Zainab’s* father forced her to marry his friend’s son in Gwoza, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. She…
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A 13-Year-Old Street Hawker’s Battle with Sexual Exploitation in Nigeria’s North East
In the scorching streets of Damaturu, Yobe State, in northeastern Nigeria, 13-year-old Sahiba Aliyu* has endured unimaginable horrors. The young…
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Armed Violence
Islamic State Claims Web of Attacks Across Africa
In the newly released Al-Naba weekly newsletter, the Islamic State (IS) has claimed a series of attacks across several African…
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Adamawa State’s Education Sector is Proving Inadequate for its Young Female Students
As the warm morning sun cast its golden rays over the serene landscape of Bobda, a small village in the…
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Burnt Armoured Vehicles and Other War Relics Haunt Borno Communities
Adamu Abdulsalam is a civil servant and small-scale farmer who regularly travels from Gwoza town to Kirawa in Borno State,…
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US Ambassador Calls for Strengthened Healthcare, Accountability, and Human Rights to Drive Nigeria’s Sustainable Development
Progress in healthcare, anti-corruption, and human rights is essential to Nigeria’s growth, according to Ambassador Richard M. Mills, the U.S.…
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Nigeria’s Tertiary Institutions’ Non-Academic Staff Suffer Amid Official Neglect
As the gatekeeper of Unimaid Radio, the campus radio station of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) in Borno State, northeastern…
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Rising Malnutrition in Northwest Nigeria: MSF Warns of Worsening Crisis
The malnutrition crisis ravaging children in northwestern Nigeria has reached “extremely critical” levels, with over 30 per cent of under-five…
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Displacement & Migration
Visually Impaired Beggars in Nigeria’s Capital Suffer in the City’s Attempt to Hide the Poor
In the shadowy corners of the bustling streets of the Kado suburb in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), where…
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Podcast
To Lose A Mother In Conflict
VOV 116: To Lose A Mother In Conflict | RSS.com 19-year-old Pwajeldi Lazarus lost her mother to a farmer-herder crisis…
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