Borno
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Armed Violence
Abducted IRC Official Regains Freedom
A staff member of the International Rescue Committee, Alkali Imam, who was abducted by non-state actors last March, has been…
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Human Rights
Lagos-Bound Woman Arrested With 3 Abducted Children In Northeast Nigeria
A 46-year-old mother of two, Insa Henshaw, was on Thursday, Aug. 25, paraded by the police in Borno, Northeast Nigeria,…
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News
Cameroon, Nigeria To Commence Joint Resettlement Of IDPs In Border Areas
The governments of Borno State in Northeast Nigeria and Cameroon’s Far North Region are to commence joint repatriation of displaced…
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Humanitarian Crises
Onion Farming Fills Humanitarian Gaps At Borno Unofficial IDP Camp
One recent late afternoon, Lawan Usman and his three sons cultivate an onion nursery near a large pool of water…
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Gender & SGBV
‘No Day Passes Without Case Of Gender-Based Violence In Maiduguri’
Gender-based violence cases are recorded regularly in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, and ARDA Development Communication…
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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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