Borno
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Analyses
Nigerian Air Force Bombardments Have In Its Wake Civilian Casualties: Is There An End In Sight?
Civilian fatalities from airstrikes in conflict areas across Nigeria have become a recurring problem. Since the infamous Air Force bombing…
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Features
5 Siblings Got Abducted 4 Years Ago, Only 1 Returns With Heartbreaking News
After about five years in the hands of Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, Ummi Ali thought she…
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Features
How Mobile Financial Service Providers Rob Borno IDPs Of Much-Needed Aid
The lack of effective oversight from aid organisations in Northeast Nigeria has made it easy for poor internally displaced persons…
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Features
Going Missing As A Refugee In Cameroon, The Story Of Mallam Abba
Mallam Abba Aji. Bulama Abba. Kanyima. Lawan Khadijaye. Mattaá Ya Asheye. Baana Nasarye. Mustafa Mallam Fantami. All seven people are…
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Features
Hunger, Starvation Excluding Borno IDPs From Ramadan Fast
Once, Karu Bulama did not have a proper meal to break her Ramadan fast for three days. When the call…
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Humanitarian Crises
Hungry IDPs In Bama Crossing Over To ISWAP Locations
Discouraged by the lack of food and access to basic means of livelihood, hundreds of resettled internally displaced persons (IDPs)…
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Features
Yakawu’s Void Can Only Be Filled With The Return Of Her Husband
Yakawu Bulama Mali, 30, has not seen her husband in a long time. Even if she wanted to somehow move…
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Human Rights
Widows Of Slain Nigerian Soldiers Face Eviction Threat In Maiduguri Army Barracks
Susan Innocent* is enraged because military authorities at Mailamari Army Barracks in Maiduguri, Borno, Northeast Nigeria, informed her and all…
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Features
A Father And Daughter Went Missing, Then Worse Things Happened
The night Amina Amodu, 60, thought would mark the end of one lingering tragedy ushered in the beginning of yet…
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Analyses
The Rise And Fall Of Boko Haram’s Sambisa Settlements As Seen Through Satellite Images
Publicly available satellite images and open-source information provide a valuable breadth of view into Boko Haram’s expansion and cat-and-mouse game…
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