He has worked all his life as a farmer, ploughing the earth to harvest crops yearly. Abba Isa, 75, now faces an agricultural crisis in the Gwange community of Borno, North East Nigeria. At this time last year, many farm fields across communities in the state had flourished enough for harvest. It is a different […]
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Last year, three friends — Mohammad Alkali, Habib Abakar, and Ali Mohammad — raised ₦1.3 million (about $1,700) to venture into farming in Borno State of Nigeria’s North East. They had high expectations, they were told farming was a lucrative business. It wasn’t until they had invested the money however, that Muhammad and his friends […]
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Hundreds of thousands of children could be pushed to “the brink of death” this year because of continued raids and kidnappings on farmers by armed groups, an aid agency has warned. The country is not producing enough food to stave off severe hunger, according to Save the Children. Between January and June this year, armed […]
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