Flooding in Borno

  • A man in traditional clothing stands beside flooded ruins with houses in the background.
    Usman Abba Zanna

    Photo Essay (I): No Way Home For Locals Uprooted By Disastrous Maiduguri Floods

    Tears, sorrow, destruction and displacement hit thousands of people following the disastrous flooding that nearly swallowed towns and villages of Maiduguri and the Jere local government areas of Borno State, North East Nigeria. The flood swept through communities and left disturbing trails of ruins in the affected areas. It sparked intense debate over its causes, […]

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  • Hadiza Umar Ali stands in her flooded tent in a camp in Shuwari V camp.
    Abubakar Muktar Abba

    As It Rains Heavily In Borno, IDPs Lose Their Homes Again

    On Sept. 1, Hadiza Umaru Ali, a displaced and single mother of seven in Maiduguri went out to sell bean cakes in the morning as she does daily. When later that day she returned to her tent in the Shuwari IDP camp, she found that she was now without a home. Her tent had been […]

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