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surviving boko haram (2012-2019)

  • A child of a former Boko Haram member plays between chadors at what is called a {quote}safe house{quote} for former wives of commanders of the insugency in Maiduguri, Nigeria in March 2017
  • Displaced women and children take cover under a tarp from the rain in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
  • School girls exit a teachers college in Maiduguri, Nigeria in March 2017.
  • Hamsatu, 25, peaks through a tear in the divider of her tent while holding her one year old daughter Hauwa on her back, as she sits next to Fatima, 4-5, at Dalori Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
  • Hamsatu, 25, plays with her daughter Hauwa, 1, in her tent at Dalori Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria
  • A child of a former Boko Haram member holds the hand of Kashim Shettina, governor of Borno State in what he refeers to as a {quote}safe house{quote} in March 2017.
  • Grace holds her son at the Internally Displaced Persons Camp at the Divisional Council Church in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Originally from Ngoshe Village close to the border of Cameroon, Grace hid in the mountains for close to seven months when Boko Haram invaded her village in 2014. She was rescued by the Cameroonian army while trying to escape and later transferred to the Nigerian military.
  • A girl sews a traditional hat called a Zanna from the town of Bama at the Dalori Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The Dalori IDP camp was established in March 2015 and holds close to 20,000 people from across Borno State. Maiduguri, the capitol, houses over 1.6 million displaced with over 100,000 in official camps and the rest living in host communities and informal camps across the city.
  • A woman feeds children taking shelter under a bare tree from the mid day sun at the Dalori Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The Dalori IDP camp was established in March 2015 and holds close to 20,000 people from across Borno State. Maiduguri, the capitol, houses over 1.6 million displaced with over 100,000 in official camps and the rest living in host communities and informal camps across the city.
  • A woman prepares food at the children's kitchen at the Dalori Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria. The Dalori IDP camp was established in March 2015 and holds close to 20,000 people from across Borno State. There are five kitchens total with one dedicated to children who are fed three times a day, including one school meal. Maiduguri, the capitol, houses over 1.6 million displaced with over 100,000 in official camps and the rest living in host communities and informal camps across the city.
  • Children play by the river in Maiduguri, Nigeria
  • A young girl walks through a sand storm in Maiduguri, NIgeria in March 2017
  • A Nigerian military helicopter flies over Borno State in April 2014.
  • A member of Nigeria's military walks through a destroyed school in Gwoza, Nigeria in April 2014.
  • Bodies lay outside Gwoza after the Nigerian military regained control of the northeasten Nigerian town in April 2014.
  • A member of the Nigerian military rides through Gwoza after the Nigerian military regain control from Boko Haram in April 2014.
  • Members of the Nigerian military stand guard at an airfield in northeast Nigeria in March 2017.
  • An aerial view of Gwoza, Nigeria after the Nigerian military regain control of the town from Boko Haram in April 2014.
  • A computer lesson remains on the blackboard of a classroom at the Ali Alyaskari Primary School in Maiduguri, Nigeria in March 2013. The Ali Alyaskari Primary School, already lacking funds for supplies, esp. desks for students, was attacked by Boko Haram in late March 2013.
  • School girls walk through Kano, Nigeria days after 22 bombs were set off by Boko Haram killing over 150 people in January 2012
  • Students pass a tattered Nigerian flag at the Sanda Kyarimi Government Day Secondary School in Maiduguri, Nigeria in May 2013. After the Sanda Kyarimi School was attacked by Boko Haram in late March, many students and teachers have yet to return out of fear of another attack.
  • A man wounded by recent bomb blasts carried out by Boko Haram, receives treatment at the Murtala Mohammed Hospital in Kano, Nigeria. 2012
  • Nigerian security forces patrol the streets of the Tsamiyar Boka neighborhood the morning after an overnight raid which killed suspected Boko Haram member Uzairu Abba Abdullahi and his wife in their home in Kano, Nigeria. 2012
  • Nigerian security forces patrol the streets of the Tsamiyar Boka neighborhood the morning after an overnight raid which killed suspected Boko Haram member Uzairu Abba Abdullahi and his wife in their home in Kano, Nigeria. 2012
  • A relative of Uzairu Abba Abdullahi grieves the morning after he and his wife were killed in an overnight raid by Nigerian security forces, who accused him of being a member of Boko Haram, in the Tsamiyar Boka neighborhood in Kano, Nigeria. 2012
  • Blood stains the floor in the home where Uzairu Abba Abdullahi and his wife were killed in an overnight raid by Nigerian security forces, who accused him of being a member of Boko Haram, in the Tsamiyar Boka neighborhood in Kano, Nigeria. 2012
  • A policeman walks through a part of police headquarters destroyed by a Boko Haram suicide bomber in Kano, Nigeria. 2012
  • Part of police headquarters destroyed by a suicide bomber in Kano, Nigeria. 2012
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