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  • Three young men joke with each other to pass the time near the reception site in Assamaka, Niger, soon after being deported from Algeria. Because of COVID-19, all recently returned migrants are held here for a quarantine period of 14 days before being transported to Agadez. Credit: Mariama Diallo/MSF.
    AlgeriaNigerSociety

    “The guards had no compassion”: The migrants abandoned in Niger’s desert

    By MSF
    May 4, 2021
    Thousands of migrants are being seized in Algeria, abused and then left at Point Zero, a spot in the middle of the desert, often ...
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  • boko haram Outside Kurmi Market in Kano, North West Nigeria. Credit: Eugene Kim.
    Burkina FasoMaliNigerNigeriaPolitics

    The most worrying aspect of the Kankara kidnapping

    By Audu Bulama Bukarti
    February 17, 2021
    Could Boko Haram’s spread in northwest Nigeria increase opportunities for coordination between Islamist groups in the Lake Chad Basin and Sahel? On 17 December, ...
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  • Human smuggling during COVID-19 has changed.
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    How has human smuggling changed under COVID-19?

    By Lucia Bird Ruiz-Benitez de Lugo
    May 6, 2020
    Concerned about the spread of the coronavirus, many smugglers, armed groups and communities are imposing their own restrictions on movement. Read all our COVID-19 ...
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  • Millions of people have been displaced by Boko Haram, and more are facing food insecurity. Credit: Espen Røst/Bistandsaktuelt.
    CameroonChadNigerNigeriaSociety

    “We lose entire communities in the blink of an eye and people do not seem to look.”

    By Hilary Matfess
    September 26, 2017
    The crisis in Lake Chad Basin is one of the most desperate, and neglected, in the world. It may not get the same level ...
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    A forgotten community: The little town in Niger keeping the lights on in France

    By Lucas Destrijcker & Mahadi Diouara
    July 18, 2017
    Welcome to Arlit, the impoverished uranium capital of Africa. From Niamey, the capital of the landlocked West African nation of Niger, we call ahead ...
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  • Diffa region, Boko Haram amnesty
    NigerPolitics

    The region in Niger quietly piloting a Boko Haram amnesty

    By Edward Rackley
    April 20, 2017
    The bold experiment is proving attractive, but comes fraught with dangers. In mid-December 2016, in rural Diffa region on Niger’s southern border with Nigeria, ...
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  • EconomyNigerSociety

    In Niger, anti-smuggling efforts risk trading one crisis for another

    By Peter Tinti
    January 13, 2017
    The migrant smuggling industry has brought jobs, stability and wealth to northern Niger. Which is why countering it is fraught with risk. With unprecedented ...
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