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Nigerian hunters have turned their guns on Boko Haram. Bunu Bukar, left, is secretary of the Hunters/Vigilante Association in Borno State, Nigeria. Ba Bunu, right, a commander of the hunting group, wearing a piece of a cat’s tail on a necklace for good luck. Credit Ashley Gilbertson for The New York Times

Hunting Big Game or Boko Haram, ‘You Kill It or It Kills You’

by Dionne Searcey | May 15, 2017 | Features

Maiduguri, Nigeria – Ever since he was a boy, Bunu Bukar has hunted big game in the forests of northeastern Nigeria, tracking the footprints of wild pigs, antelopes and elephants through the thick brush. Now the prey he hunts leaves motorcycle tracks. Mr. Bukar...

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In this photo taken on September 15, 2016 women and children queue to enter one of the Unicef nutrition clinics at the Muna makeshift camp which houses more than 16,000 IDPs (internally displaced people) on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS

Uprooted by War, Threatened by Boko Haram and Desperate to Go Home

by Dionne Searcey | Mar 22, 2017 | Features

Maiduguri, Nigeria — Dozens of drivers lined up in beat-up vehicles stuffed with mattresses, cooking pots and other belongings, clogging a road outside one of the most desperate and dangerous camps that serve as refuge from the war with Boko Haram. All were waiting...