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Ransom-for-Peace Deal Crumbles as Terrorists Strike Zamfara Community
Peace has collapsed in Adabka. But it was not always so. For three uninterrupted years, the town enjoyed calm after…
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New Wave of Boko Haram Attacks Target Commuters, Schoolchildren in Northern Cameroon
Since June, a significant increase in Boko Haram activities has been recorded in northern Cameroon, particularly in the Far North…
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Features
Gang Violence Traps Minna in a Cycle of Bloodshed
The day after Eid al-Fitr, a festive period for Muslims, is usually quiet; a time for rest, reflection, and recovery…
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Gender & SGBV
The Everyday Misogyny Faced by Women Healthcare Workers in Nigeria
It was not passion that pushed Rahimat Ola* into the medical field. She had dreamed of becoming a writer, but…
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Features
In Search of a Living, Displaced Youth in Nigeria’s North East Face Deadly Violence
Mustapha Abubakar was only eight years old when Boko Haram seized control of his village in northeastern Nigeria. In the…
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Featured
Broken, Shaped by War: The Scavenging Children of Borno
It’s 1:00 p.m., and the sun in Maiduguri, North East Nigeria, scorches without mercy – too hot to stand still…
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Features
How Facebook’s Monetisation Programme is Fueling the Misinformation Economy in Northern Nigeria
The ring light in Amina Yusuf’s* room stood near an old white wardrobe. For months, it remained unused, except during…
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Features
Yola Residents Struggle To Rebuild After FloodsÂ
In the early hours of Sunday, July 27, as most of Yola South slept, a violent flood tore through the…
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Climate Change
Climate Migrants: The Rural Farmers Chased Into Abuja by Droughts
Aminu Ishaku now earns a living as a commercial motorcyclist in Abuja. His family has five hectares of land in…
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Features
Losses, Lamentations as Drought Ravages Farming Communities in Taraba
Felix Yupenda depends entirely on his harvests to sustain his family. He is a local farmer in Wukari, Taraba State,…
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