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Armed Violence
Maiduguri Farmers Trooping To Work In Unsafe Areas Despite Abduction Cases
At least 6,000 local farmers depart their homes every day to their farms outside Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, in…
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Development
Resettled IDPs In Borno Community Are Crossing To Cameroon For Potable Water
One of the consequences of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria is that families get separated across states ‒ and…
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Humanitarian Crises
Boko Haram Conflict: Widows, Orphans, Unexploded Ordinance Emerging Issues, Says Buhari
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the military and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to pay attention to emerging issues…
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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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