Fear of Boko Haram Not Enough to Protect Borno’s Forests From IDPs

by Kúnlé AdébàjòEnvironment, JournalismPosted on No Comments

Desperate, IDPs in Northeast Nigeria are plunging into the forests for their daily bread, despite the danger posed by lurking terrorists and the risks posed to the environment. Opposite Dalori II displacement camp, located at the outskirts of Maiduguri, Northeast Nigeria, is a mound of hay, nearly six feet tall and twice as wide. It had …

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An Encroaching Desert Intensifies Nigeria’s Farmer-Herder Crisis

by Kúnlé AdébàjòConflict, Environment, JournalismPosted on No Comments

By Kunle Adebajo and Murtala AbdullahiPhotography by Kunle Adebajo and Murtala AbdullahiVisualizations by Yuxi Wang and Jillian Dudziak A bare-chested old man lies in the emergency room of a government hospital in northeast Nigeria. An intravenous line sticks out from his right arm and an arrow from his left shoulder. A second arrow, with the tip now detached from its shaft, rests on a …

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