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Featured
Women in Maiduguri Turn Waste into Cooking Fuel
September 2024 came with water. It moved through Maiduguri, in Nigeria’s North East, in fast, stubborn currents, destroying homes and…
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Investigations
Ideology, Blood, and War: Rethinking the Origins of Boko Haram
Before he became a fugitive preacher, during which time security officials learned to mutter his name with a foreboding weight,…
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Analyses
Do Terror Attacks in Nigeria Spike During Ramadan? Here’s What We Know
As Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, and reflection, entered its second week, specifically on March 5, terrorists…
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Features
Three Bomb Blasts Hit Maiduguri. Survivors Recall a Night of Panic
Umar Muhammad Mustapha had just stepped out of the mosque when he heard someone say an explosion had gone off…
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Armed Violence
Recent Terror Attacks in Borno Have Targeted Military Bases and Weapons
“If they rebuild and you return, we will kill you.” That was the threat Abubakar Dalwa received before fleeing to…
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Armed Violence
An Illicit Gold Economy is Pushing Desperate Nigerians into Southern Algeria
Whenever Abdul Mahmud speaks about the journey from Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, to southern Algeria, in North Africa, his voice…
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Podcast
Everything Was Burned
VOV 132: Everything Was Burned | RSS.com Gina Bashir is a 46-year-old farmer from Askira Uba, in Borno, northeastern Nigeria.…
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Armed Violence
Insecurity on Borno Roads Still Affecting Commerce
It was early in the morning, and Yakubu Buba stood in front of his house in Gamboru, northeastern Nigeria, looking…
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Armed Violence
Terrorists in Borno Executed IDPs After Families Couldn’t Raise Ransom
Jidda Hadu is married and has six children who depend entirely on him for survival. His younger brother, Mohammed Hadu,…
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