RMW3MT9E–Members of Boko Haram chased Martha Garba out of Gulak, Madagali, in Adamawa State, after an attack in which Martha’s husband was murdered. Contrary to Martha’s story, her neighbours claim that members of Boko Haram captured and threatened her to deceptively convince her husband to descend a mountain, which served as her family’s fortress. Allegedly deceived by his wife, whom was under Boko Haram’s threat, Martha’s husband thought his village was freed of Boko Haram, and so returned to his death, at his house. Martha eventually escaped with her five children to Yola, the state capital of Adama
RF2N054C6–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Elevation map colored in sepia tones with lakes and rivers
RM2H0T7JF–Members of Boko Haram chased Martha Garba out of Gulak, Madagali, in Adamawa State, after an attack in which Martha’s husband was murdered. Contrary to Martha’s story, her neighbours claim that members of Boko Haram captured and threatened her to deceptively convince her husband to descend a mountain, which served as her family’s fortress. Allegedly deceived by his wife, whom was under Boko Haram’s threat, Martha’s husband thought his village was freed of Boko Haram, and so returned to his death, at his house. Martha eventually escaped with her five children to Yola, the state capital of Adama
RMW3MT8W–Immanuel Abayomi Afolabi, an ethnographic researcher and documentary multimedia journalist, sits with some members of Lassa vigilante group, in Borno state.
RF2N05554–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Elevation map colored in wiki style with lakes and rivers
RMW3MT8G–Returnee school children at Lassa, Borno state
RF2N054BK–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Open Street Map. Locations and names of major cities of the region. Corner auxiliary location maps
RMW3MT86–Children of returnee displaced persons are secured by local vigilantes who parade schools where learning activities take place. Siliramda Gadzama, member of the Lassa vigilante group, demonstrates how he bravely shot 50 members of Boko Haram in the Sambisa forest, Boko Haram hideout in Borno state.
RMW3MT89–At the invasion of her village, Gava in Gwoza, 54 year-old Asabey Ali’s family fled. Her husband climbed a mountain, where some villagers also took refuge. Members of Boko Haram, however, hunted those on the mountain during which Asabey’s husband was killed. Asabey now stays in St Theresa Catholic church, Jimeta-Yola, while her four children live in Cameroun and Nigeria as refugees and displaced persons.
RMW3MT8T–Father of Hauwa Muhammed, nine years old, was slaughtered by members of Boko Haram. Although Hauwa, her two other siblings and her mother escaped from Borno to Adamawa, like many other displaced children, learning in school is difficult because of her occasional traumatic state of mind.
RF2N053NH–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Bilevel elevation map with lakes and rivers
RMW3MT91–At Sangere in Girei, Adamawa state, are students and pupils some of whom have lost either one or both of their parents to insurgency. At the same location, one of such victims poses for a personal portrait.
RF2N054AX–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Bilevel elevation map with lakes and rivers. Locations and names of major cities of the region. Corner auxiliary location m
RMW3MT8K–Children in a class room, Nigeria
RMW3MT8H–During battles Nigerian soldiers supply the Bangas with AK-47 and other more sophisticated weapons, which are collected after battles. Bangas are taught how to handle the weapons. Bangas claim that they lead battles while soldiers only fight behind them.
RMW3MT8F–Children participate in skipping at the Deeper Life Camp Ground, where locally organized formal education was eventually stopped due to low turn-out of children of displaced persons. Many children of IDPs prefer psycho-social activities to formal education.
RMW3MT9P–A poor family with children, Nigeria
RMW3MTA9–Asabey John witnessed how her four sons were beheaded by members of Boko Haram, during the capture of her village in Gwoza, Borno state. She wrapped the blood-dripping severed heads of her late sons in her wrapper, for a quick burial that was done by her husband, who has since been separated from his family. Asabey John was last seen at the Deeper Life Camp, at Kwana Waya, Adamawa state, where her three sons roam around and her only daughter works as a farm worker, her mother’s occupation too. She occasionally speaks on phone with her husband, who claims he has no money to travel to Nigeria. H
RMW3MT8A–Parents of many displaced children complain of their inabilities to afford school uniforms and educational materials for their children in public school. Therefore, many of the few displaced children who attend school are encouraged to attend schools in any kind of clothes. A water bottle is the only item brought to class by these four displaced children.
RMW3MT9T–An IDP woman uses a local method to blow-out husks from beans, which is to be sold in market the next day. Although food items are freely distributed to IDPs, some of the items are cheaply sold by IDPs in markets so as to raise funds for their other personal needs.
RF2N0554G–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Elevation map colored in sepia tones with lakes and rivers. Locations and names of major cities of the region. Corner auxil
RMW3MT8R–Asabey John witnessed how her four sons were beheaded by members of Boko Haram, during the capture of her village in Gwoza, Borno state. She wrapped the blood-dripping severed heads of her late sons in her wrapper, for a quick burial that was done by her husband, who has since been separated from his family. Asabey John was last seen at the Deeper Life Camp, at Kwana Waya, Adamawa state, where her other three sons roam around and her only daughter works as a hired farm worker, her mother’s occupation too. She occasionally speaks on phone with her husband, who claims he has no money to travel t
RF2N054BT–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Colored elevation map with lakes and rivers
RMW3MTA6–Displaced women, some of whom are widows, on a farm
RMW3MT83–Children play volleyball at Deeper Life Camp Ground, a non-governmental camp for displaced persons at Kwana Waya, Yola South, Adamawa State. Most of the displaced children prefer psycho-social activities to formal education. Most villages affected by insurgency are educationally poor. This is one of the reasons formal education fails to thrive among children of displaced persons.
RF2N0554K–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Elevation map colored in wiki style with lakes and rivers. Locations and names of major cities of the region. Corner auxili
RF2N054C1–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Elevation map colored in sepia tones with lakes and rivers. Locations of major cities of the region. Corner auxiliary locat
RF2N054B6–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Open Street Map
RF2N054B8–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Grayscale elevation map with lakes and rivers. Locations and names of major cities of the region. Corner auxiliary location
RF2N054BY–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Solid color shape. Locations and names of major cities of the region. Corner auxiliary location maps
RF2N054BR–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. High resolution satellite map. Locations of major cities of the region. Corner auxiliary location maps
RF2N053NG–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Grayscale elevation map with lakes and rivers
RF2N0554N–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. High resolution satellite map
RF2N0554X–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. High resolution satellite map. Locations and names of major cities of the region. Corner auxiliary location maps
RF2N054BH–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Low resolution satellite map. Locations of major cities of the region. Corner auxiliary location maps
RF2N054BM–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Low resolution satellite map
RF2N0554P–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Elevation map colored in wiki style with lakes and rivers. Locations of major cities of the region. Corner auxiliary locati
RF2N054C2–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Solid color shape
RF2N054BP–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Low resolution satellite map. Locations and names of major cities of the region. Corner auxiliary location maps
RF2N054C7–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Colored elevation map with lakes and rivers. Locations of major cities of the region. Corner auxiliary location maps
RF2N054BB–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Grayscale elevation map with lakes and rivers. Locations of major cities of the region. Corner auxiliary location maps
RF2N054B1–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Bilevel elevation map with lakes and rivers. Locations of major cities of the region. Corner auxiliary location maps
RF2N054BC–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Open Street Map. Locations of major cities of the region. Corner auxiliary location maps
RF2N054C8–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Solid color shape. Locations of major cities of the region. Corner auxiliary location maps
RF2N054BW–Adamawa, state of Nigeria. Colored elevation map with lakes and rivers. Locations and names of major cities of the region. Corner auxiliary location m
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