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Gender
Survivors Reveal How Boko Haram Forced Women To Share ‘Period Pants’
Months after being rescued from Boko Haram captivity, Sabira, a 23-year-old, began experiencing pain and burning sensations during urination, as…
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Borno IDPs Decry Lack Of Security In Resettlement Camps
Ya Hindi’s troubles started eight years ago when she, alongside her family, was dislocated from Kodo in Borno state when…
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Nigerian Troops Receive Another Escaped Chibok School Girl
The Nigerian military has recently received another Chibok schoolgirl who was abducted by Boko Haram terrorists nine years ago during…
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Armed Violence
Abducted, Abused, And Now A Mother: One Woman’s Journey
“He forced himself on me in the most brutal manner every night and would beat the hell out of me…
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Development
Fewer Than One In Ten Displaced Women Have Access To Contraception -Survey
Fewer than one in ten sexually active women in a displacement camp in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, have access to contraceptives…
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News
No Way Home: Satellite Images Reveal Dozens Of Towns Destroyed By Boko Haram Conflict
Tunbun Buhari was once a lively town with a network of dirt roads, hundreds of homes and public buildings. If…
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Development
The ‘Light’ Is Back On In Nigeria’s Maiduguri, But Residents Can’t Afford Electricity
When the Islamic State in West Africa blew up the high voltage cable that supplied Maiduguri with electricity in January…
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Armed Violence
‘It Is Hard’: Boko Haram Killed His Parents, But He Forgave Them Anyway
An imam close to Mustapha’s house always preached forgiveness. The sermons were so frequent that he thought the cleric must…
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News
Chibok Girl Who Survived Multiple Forced Marriages Gives Birth Days After Rescue
One of the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists nine years ago, gave birth to a child shortly after…
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Armed Violence
The Girl Who Fled Her Parents’ Home To Escape Boko Haram
Seven years ago, young Kaltume Modu made a huge decision that has hung over her life ever since. Aged only…
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