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Extremism
The Drug And Sex Lives Of Boko Haram Terrorists
One hot night in the deep forests of Sambisa, in northeastern Nigeria, shortly after a military airstrike targeted the settlement…
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Features
Kellu Haruna, Through The Eyes Of The People She Loved And Fought For
On the day that Kellu Haruna received video evidence that her husband was alive and being held at the Borno…
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Features
#DapchiAbduction: The Dapchi Girls’ Dashed Hopes Of Education, Empowerment
Somewhere in Jumbam, a town five kilometres away from Dapchi, northeastern Nigeria, a school stands with broken gates. One end…
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Features
#DapchiAbduction: Many Of The Girls Got Married After Their Release. Why?
Tomorrow, it’ll be forty days since Aisha Mahmuda gave birth to her second child. She’s 18 going on 19. She…
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Features
#DapchiAbduction: Before Her Abduction, Fatima Hoped To Become A Nurse
Dapchi, Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria. 5:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. Feb. 19, 2018. When she first hears the gunshots, she…
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Features
#DapchiAbduction: Because They Went To School, They Paid With Their Lives
Alhaji Hassan looks like he could break into tears any moment. Not the kind of weeping that might hint at…
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News
Parents Of Slain Dapchi Girls Insist Abduction Could Have Been Averted
On Feb. 19, 2018, at around 5:30 p.m., militants of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) arrived at Govt.…
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Armed Violence
Terrorists Taking Advantage Of Starvation To Recruit IDPs In Borno
It was true that Falmata’s husband had strayed too far into the forest in his search for firewood to bring…
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Features
Borno’s Christian IDPs (3): Finding Their Way Away From Camps
Two women, fiftyish Saratu Yohanna and the much younger Hannatu Yakubu, 34, fled Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA) sometime around…
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Borno’s Christian IDPs (2): Battling Mental Illness Amid Hunger
The lone man seated on a bench, demeanour like one tamed to submission, is Reuben Joseph, aged 37. He is…
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