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Humanitarian Crises
Resettlement Efforts In Nigeria’s Guzamala Suffer Setbacks
Modu Zarami* recently leased a farm in the villages surrounding Gajiram, a town in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria. Earlier this…
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Human Rights
Eight Years After He Went Missing, A Letter Came Bearing Good News. But It’s Not Enough.
Not long before the world went on lockdown in early 2020, Hajja Gana Muhammad, 60, received a letter that brought…
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News
Over 800 Inmates Escape DR Congo Prison
The Democratic Republic of Congo army, FARDC, has confirmed that more than 800 inmates escaped from the Kakwangura prison in…
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Armed Violence
Coping With Multiple Identities As An Intersex Person In Wartime Borno
The directive was that the Nigerian army was never to take them alive. And so every day when Sadiq and…
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Development
Maiduguri Flood Puts Displaced Residents At Risk Of Waterborne Epidemic
Days of torrential downpour have forced many residents in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, to temporarily evacuate from their flooded homes. Badly…
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News
Chadian, 2 Nigerians Escape ISWAP Captivity
Three young women who had been captives of non-state actors in Northeast Nigeria have finally regained their freedom after an…
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News
At Least 840 People Killed, Abducted Across Nigeria In July
Up to 840 people were either killed or abducted across Nigeria in July. This is according to an analysis of…
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Armed Violence
Owo Church Massacre: Nigerian Military Announces Arrest Of Suspects
Nigeria’s military says it has arrested persons suspected to have orchestrated the attack on St Francis Catholic Church in Owo,…
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Armed Violence
Should Nigerian Forces Carpet-Bomb Forest Areas In Tackling Terrorism?
Several Nigerians, including political leaders in the country, have floated the notion of defeating terrorists in Nigeria with carpet bombing.…
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Vestiges Of Violence
‘They’ve Not Seen Even His Corpse’
In northeastern Nigeria, it is not that strange when you say a person is missing. There are tens of thousands…
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