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Development
Nigeria Lagging Behind Sustainable Development Goals – CODE
The 2019 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) index ranked Nigeria 159th among 162 countries. This means that the country has not…
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Development
Fighting The Education Boycott Imposed On English-Speaking Cameroonian Children
Ten-year-old Oben Epey has been out of school for the past five years. At his age, he has only had…
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Armed Violence
Bayelsa’s Boat-Riding Kidnappers And Towns Facing Abandonment
One evening in 2013, as Dauglas Augusta Apaga, 59, was preparing to close her shop at the Ogbia Town market,…
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News
Court Gives More Time To Investigate Hostage Negotiator Involved In Kaduna Train Kidnappings
A court has granted the security services more time to investigate the man who facilitated ransom payments to kidnappers holding…
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Armed Violence
Amid Terror: Playing ‘Hide And Seek’ With Terrorists In North-central Nigeria
It is one thing to live in terror and completely another to know that you are surrounded by it. This…
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Gender & SGBV
Stakeholders Join Forces To Combat Sexual Violence In Northern Nigeria
The Centre for Awareness on Justice and Accountability (CAJA), a non-governmental and not-for-profit organisation based in Kano, Northwest Nigeria, has…
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Armed Violence
“General Satan” Anglophone Separatist Killed In Cameroon
The self-proclaimed “General Satan”, a fighter with the Anglophone separatists suspected of murdering civilians, has been killed by the Cameroon…
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Armed Violence
Anger At Zamfara Gov’t Peace Deal Giving Land To Terrorists
A deal supposed to bring peace to Zamfara State is provoking anger among farmers, who fear they will be forced…
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Armed Violence
Six Killed In Suspected Separatist Attack On Bus In Southwest Cameroon
The Cameroonian government has condemned the killing of six bus passengers by suspected Anglophone separatists in the Southwest region. Tuesday’s…
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Armed Violence
As Schools Reopen, Cameroon Orders Deployment Of Special Forces Against Separatists
Cameroon’s head of state, President Paul Biya, has ordered the Minister of Armed Forces to deploy special units of the…
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