Nigeria
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Analyses
Nigeria’s Mental Health Act and the Struggle for Implementation
A lunatic. An idiot. A person of unsound mind. These three phrases were used in The Nigerian Lunacy Ordinance of…
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Humanitarian Crises
Conflicting Warnings Issued as Overfilled Alau Dam Releases Water, Sparks Panic
Residents of Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, North East Nigeria, who live near the Alau Dam and its downstream channel,…
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Featured
Aid Draught, Stolen Supplements: The Child Malnutrition Crisis in Nigeria’s Adamawa State
It is July 18, around 7 a.m., and a group of women carrying malnourished children are gathered at the primary…
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Features
The Adamawa Children Leaving School for Labour
*Alfred Silas just turned 18. He has been in commercial farming for five years. Working on people’s farms for daily…
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Features
When Herding Means Death: Northwest Nigeria’s Farmers Trapped Between Fight and Flight
Late one fateful evening, Malam Muhammadu Sodangi of Tuwon Tsoro watched helplessly as armed raiders made off with the cattle,…
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Analyses
Miscarriage, Childbirth in Jail: The Failure of Nigeria’s Criminal Justice System
She lost her pregnancy in prison in what she describes as “a miscarriage of justice”. The experience Ayodele Bukunmi had…
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Featured
Secrets, Silence, Survival: Inside a Nigerian Military Prison
No one recalls the road to Wawa. New detainees are blindfolded several kilometres ahead. Inmates are also blindfolded and driven…
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Analyses
Nigeria’s Policing Crisis: A Role Lost to the Military
From camps in Borno to street corners in Jos or online forums in Lagos, Nigerians are asking the same question:…
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Extremism
Maitatsine: The Preacher of Fire (1927 – 1980)
It begins with the memory of smoke. Hadiza Yahaya, now in her late 70s, folds her shawl over her shoulders…
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Accountability
Nigeria’s Former President Buhari Dies: What His Legacy Means for Security
In December 2014, an incumbent president lost a re-election bid for the first time in Nigeria’s history. It was a…
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