DEATH THROES: In Nigeria’s crisis-ridden state, mothers watch as hunger batters children

https://www.thecable.ng/death-throes-in-nigerias-crisis-ridden-state-mothers-watch-as-hunger-batters-children

Community@CitizenCommons September 28, 2022
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STORY BY ANIBE IDAJILI

That night in February, Hajara Muhammed panicked as the lingering sound of gunshots rent the air. The marauding bandits had struck again. The assailants, in their hundreds, sent many residents away from their farms, rustled animals and carted away food items. Hajara, a 25-year-old mother of four, fled Shadadi community in Niger state, Nigeria’s north-central, with her children and never looked back.

Read the full report of Anibe Idajili research on hunger as human rights issue in Nigeria by clicking the link below

https://www.thecable.ng/death-throes-in-nigerias-crisis-ridden-state-mothers-watch-as-hunger-batters-children

This story was supported by the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) and the Institute of War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) under the Voices for Change Fellowship.

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