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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.
Gajibo Village IDPs promised land, construction materials and money to build homes on their ancestral land
Internally displaced persons (IDPs), who fled from Gajibo Village in the Dikwa Local Government Area because of persistent deadly attacks by insurgents, have been given permission to return to their […]
Water scarcity poses a real threat to the health, peace and development of billions of people in Africa
All life forms need water to survive and, as such, water is one of the most important and vital substances on earth. Without it there would be no life on […]
The government has been promising to get us water for decades – it’s now time they kept their promises
It’s been more than 30 years since the residents of the Zarmari community in the Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State had clean, freely available water. Since then the […]
It’s been too long now: Give us back our beloved missing men
March 14 will never be the same for thousands of women in northeast Nigeria. It was the day – eight years ago – when members of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah […]
Peace overcomes Borno State’s hotbed of horror
Nigeria has recorded a significant reduction in the number of terror-related deaths from 2020 to 2021, with the total number of killings falling to 448 last year, the lowest level […]
IDPs in Niger can’t wait to get back to their home town in Borno State
More than 500 internally displaced persons (IDPs) – who fled to avoid persistent and deadly attacks by insurgents and who were now living in other parts of Nigeria and neighbouring […]
‘Their necks were cut and they were slaughtered as if they were animals’
At least 10 people, who were collecting wood in the bushes, were slaughtered by insurgents, who sliced their necks and bodies as if they were animals. The gruesome killing happened […]
Troops foil ambush after receiving inside information of the planned attack
Brief – Troops were ready and waiting and easily foiled an attack by insurgents on Dikwa in Borno State on Wednesday, March 2. The insurgents, thought to have been members […]
Denial of gender equity bills infuriates women across Nigeria
Women across Nigeria are angry, disappointed and concerned that parliament has refused to pass the gender equality and equal opportunity bills. The bills, which have been pending before the National […]
Weekend of hell: At least 11 people killed and eight wounded in spate of attacks by insurgents
At least 11 people were killed and eight wounded in a spate of attacks at the weekend by insurgents, thought to be members of the Islamic State West Africa Province […]
