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Before he was attacked last month, 23-year-old Salisu Ibrahim had witnessed several altercations with herders whose cattle usually encroach farms in Chigari, a community in Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa, North East Nigeria. But his confrontation with a herder on Nov. 12 led to a life-altering ordeal for him. The herder who attacked Salisu …
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Aside from the loss of lives, destruction of properties, and displacement of thousands of people, the devastation caused by Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria’s North East includes massive disruptions to economic activities, making it difficult for many communities to sustain their livelihoods. For many residents of the communities in Michika and Madagali areas of Adamawa …
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When 31-year-old Habiba (surname withheld) was married off at the tender age of 14, she still had her sight. Underage marriage, heinous as it is, was not uncommon at the time in Yola, northeastern Nigeria, where she is based, and so she enjoyed what she thought of as a stable marriage. But things changed during …
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The two-day onboarding session of the 3rd cohort of the HumAngle Accountability fellowship, which commenced on July 14 came to an end yesterday. The fellowship, run with the support of the MacArthur Foundation, is part of a project to investigate security funding in Nigeria’s northeast. On the final day of the in-person onboarding at the …
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