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Widowed by Insecurity, Women Struggle to Remarry in Borno State, North-East Nigeria.
Barriers hinder women from remarrying. Data on Nigeria report more than 10,000 women widowed since Boko Haram conflict in 2009. During the insurgency, hundreds of young men from Borno state were arrested, abducted, or forced to join the insurgents.
Many watched in tears as their mud huts collapsed in front of their eyes in the flood
Heavy downpours on Saturday and Sunday flooded houses in Maiduguri in Borno State, in Wuyaram in the Dikwa Local Government Area, and in the Gujba and Gulani […]
Residents beg for help after losing everything in fire that destroyed 25 shelters in the Fariya Buza IDP camp
Brief – At least 25 tents were razed to the ground on Wednesday, July 13, in Fariya Buza camp, a shelter for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on the outskirts of […]
Two soldiers and two civilian joint task force members killed in attack on Gubio
Brief – Two soldiers and two civilian joint task force (CJTF) members – one of whom was the chairman of the security agency in the area – were killed by […]
Residents beg for help after losing everything in fire that destroyed 25 shelters in the Fariya Buza IDP camp
Brief – At least 25 tents were razed to the ground on Wednesday, July 13, in Fariya Buza camp, a shelter for internally displaced persons (IDPs) on the outskirts of […]
Insurgents attack WFP 40-truck convoy delivering food to internally displaced persons in Mobbar
Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters attacked and looted four trucks among a convoy of 40 trucks carrying food meant for internally displaced persons (IDPs), including those in […]
Insurgents wound one and steal food, money, phones and jewellery in Limanti attack
Brief – One person was wounded when insurgents raided Limanti in the Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State at about 2am on Wednesday, July 13. Modu Malah, a resident, […]
Surrendered insurgent tells it like it really is in Sambisa Forest
“If we left Boko Haram when Abubakar Shekau was still alive, our lives would be over. We would be killed because he thought we knew all his secrets and being […]
Teenage girl abducted and man killed in attack on Chibok village
Brief – A man was killed and a teenage girl abducted by insurgents – thought to be members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’way Wa’l-Jihād (JAS) – in Gatamarwa village […]
Brothers’ necks slit by suspected ISWAP insurgents during the Eid-Kabir festivities in Monguno
The Eid el-Kabir celebration – also called Eid el Ad-ha, meaning the Festival of Sacrifice – was a sad and frightening experience for many people living in Monguno town, as […]
Despite the town being under the control of insurgents, government appoints committee to resettle displaced people in Gudumbali
Despite Gudumbali being occupied and under the control of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents for the past three years, Borno State governor Babagana Umara Zulum has set up […]
