North-East
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Humanitarian Crises
Hunger In Borno’s Gubio Camp Is Worsening Disease, Pushing More Women to Survival Sex
The hunger following the stoppage of distribution of food and aid to displaced people’s camps by the Borno state government…
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Features
The Hopelessness Of One Orphaned By A Brutal Insurgency
Children bear the physical and mental scars of the horrors and brutality of Nigeria’s 13-year-old insurgency in the northeast. One…
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Emergencies
Many Lives Lost As Days Of Rainfall Floods Maiduguri
Residents of Gwange, a crowded neighbourhood of Maiduguri Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, did not sleep all through Friday night as…
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Armed Violence
A Triad Of Nightmares Shadows Farmers Surviving The Boko Haram Crisis
Sometimes the cost of working on a farm in Borno could be as simple as struggling to source agricultural resources…
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Humanitarian Crises
Approach To IDP Relocation In Northeast Nigeria Raises Concerns, Report Says
The present approach to relocation has worsened the exposure of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northeastern Nigeria to risks such…
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Armed Violence
Abducted IRC Official Regains Freedom
A staff member of the International Rescue Committee, Alkali Imam, who was abducted by non-state actors last March, has been…
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Emergencies
Over Half A Million People In Nigeria Affected By Floods This Year
More than half a million people in Nigeria have been impacted by the flooding that has swept through 22 states…
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Emergencies
4 Killed, 7,000 Households Displaced As Flood Destroys Bridge Linking Borno, Yobe Communities
Flooding caused by a torrential downpour on Monday, Aug. 29, brought down a bridge on a major highway linking Borno…
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Development
‘It Feels Like Fire Ants Are Stinging My Genital’
The fullness of Maryam Abba’s gruff voice shrinks to a whisper as she describes the itching and burning sensation she…
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Human Rights
Lagos-Bound Woman Arrested With 3 Abducted Children In Northeast Nigeria
A 46-year-old mother of two, Insa Henshaw, was on Thursday, Aug. 25, paraded by the police in Borno, Northeast Nigeria,…
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