and often groups rages in borno state also on the program i challenge. you we will meet nigerian animates this work was screened at the outcrop animation film festival of. the film funded and why it's a gift. for writing always. the same kind of story that i'd like to go to. my life because it was. before. i've come to the news africa day and we begin in nigeria where this week has seen more than 100 dead in a series off clashes and attacks between regional forces and is a missed feiss in the country's wealth east military sources say 20 troops and more than 40 killed any of this weekend on lake chad a base of the multinational joints tossed their troops on the jerries regional allies as seen repeated attacks since 2014. nigeria's presidency again claimed this week that. long as surgeon c. had been quote defeated but even his admits that the north of the country is still a violent place blame in what it says is a mixture of remnants criminal groups and jihadists from the muslim and west africa president mohammed a former general has previously said the g

standoff trapped by violence as a decade conflict between the government and often groups rages in borno state also on the program i challenge you to. we will meet nigerian animates his work was screened at the outcrop animation film festival of. the film funded and why it's a gift. for right now i went. to see the dollars news i will tell you the same kind of stories i like to get excited to do it is all my life because of the i've never seen anything like that before. i'm christine will welcome to news africa day and we begin to nigeria where this week has seen more than 100 dead in a series of clashes and attacks between regional forces and is in a midst feiss in the country's east military sources say 20 troops and more than 40 jihadists with killed earlier this weekend bugga on lake chad a base of the multinational joints tossed their troops on the jerries regional allies has seen repeated attacks since 2014. nigeria's presidency again claimed this week that. decade long is surgeons he had been quote defeated but even his admits that the north of the country is still a violent place

so where does this leave the people who live there doctors without borders says the conflict in borno state means many of the 1800000 displaced people now suffer from mental illness. is a town southeast of my degree where about half of these 70000 inhabitants are displaced people some live in camps others in the host community wherever they are there is not enough psychological support for them many of the displaced people have suffered terrible abuse would like you to listen to the testimony off too much oh that's not her real name she's a victim of groups. i'm 17 not working i'm going forced me to get married and i got pregnant they took the baby out tonight damage my blood of the general it was difficult to have a baby around now i need died young. i had another pregnancy outside i had an abortion and got pregnant again. and i caught one sin after all and i escaped out came to calcutta and asked my 3 pregnancies and if they were going the same man. my guests today just spent the last 21 months working and by the glory as an advocacy representative for doctors without borders and th

and dogs trapped by violence as a decade conflict between the government and often groups rage and borno state also on the program i. think. you will meet nigerian animates his work was screened at the outcrop animation film festival of the film funded and why it's a gift. to go to the poor right always. told you i will tell you the same story that i've tried to be what excites it with this all my life because of the i've never seen anything like that before. i'm christine will welcome to news africa day and we begin in nigeria where this

borno state also on the program i. think. we will meet nigerian animates his work was screened at the opera animation film festival of. the film funded and why it's a good. idea to go to the dump or write the words. to see i will tell you the kind of story that i'd like to be what excites you with this all my life because you've never seen anything like that before. i'm christine will welcome to news africa day and we begin in nigeria where this week has seen more than 100 dead in a series of clashes and attacks that mean regional forces and is a missed feiss in the country's wealth east military sources say some 20 troops and more than 40 jihadists with killed any of this weekend on lake chad a base of the multinational joint tossed their troops on the jerries regional allies as seen repeated attacks since 2014. nigeria's presidency again claimed this week that. long as surgeons he had been quote defeated but even his admits that the north of the country is still a violent place blame in what it says is a mixture of remnants

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haram insurgency and attacks by armed bandits are causing thousands of people to flee their homes in borno state many are seeking refuge in mongolia where they are protected to some extent by the military base outside of the town but camps here are overflowing with aid agencies warning of a dire situation was able to access the town by helicopter to get a glimpse at life in the middle of boko haram territory. mangano one of the few towns in the vicinity of lake chad the promise is a shelter from boko who rahm's violent attacks but the camps here are overcrowded and overstretched things have reached a critical level there's not enough food not enough shelter more than 600 people share a single torrent nor does the town of a real security even though the region's main brace has been built next to mangano attacks still regularly occur. just a few days before we arrived members of the so-called islamic state of west africa stormed into the town leaving 5 civilians dead and several others injured. 2 my family were at the market when the attack happened there was nowhere to escape she explains a

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organize vigilante groups and take up bombs such vigilantes operate in the northeastern states of borno. where boko haram is most active. my degree is the bus place of boko haram radical islam in nigeria took root in these mosques and the dresses. so me as later the civilian j t f was formed here it's an organization that helps the army fight terrorism. members of the civilian jeje have strong can file often have jobs apart from fighting bokeh harlem one such member has recently decided to marry a girl whose life was indelibly affected by boko haram. someone. not. one nation i knew how to. achieve and seated. in. the sun. someone she. said. her son mohammed asked for some time to convince his wife to tell her story. even though the army ousted boko harm from my degree a while back and drove them into the bush private motorcycles are still for been in nigerian cities their fast and maneuverable making them the perfect kills for terrorist attacks so took talks almost a rickshaws. eventually the only means of transportation. it's a long trip to my degree by rickshaw if you travel from anot

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teacher based in borno state welcome to you all better we're talking here about an increasingly alarming situation but what about the name cause is it instability of the violence or a combination of different other factors. well basically we have 1900000 children being pushed out of their education being pushed out of school across 8 countries in western central africa for in security reasons for violence as well as threats of violence i myself for instance visited to put in a fossil a few weeks back and there the what we see is that the reasons most of the schools are closing is because of threats of violence they see that that schools have been attacked in other villages there are rumors that are coming through that this school will also be attacked so basically children are kept home and in often is the case as well obviously you know entire villages are being displaced because of that fear of attacks so we have a combination of think the root cause is insecurity and it is fear and that is making parents keep their children at home rather than sending them to school to clinica why is

teacher based in borno state welcome to you all but so we're talking here about an increasingly alarming situation but what about the main cause is it instability of the violence or a combination of different other factors. well basically we have 1900000 children being pushed out of their education being pushed out of school across 8 countries in western central africa for in security reasons for violence as well as threats of violence i myself for instance visited to put in a fossil a few weeks back and there the what we see is that the reasons most of the schools are closing is because of threats of violence they see that that schools have been attacked in other villages there are rumors that are coming through that this school will also be attacked so basically children are kept home and in often it is the case as well obviously you know entire villages are being displaced because of that fear of attacks so we have a combination of think the root cause is insecurity and it is fear and that is making parents keep their children at home rather than sending them to school to clinica why

teacher based in borno state welcome to you all better we're talking here about an increasingly alarming situation but what about the main cause is it instability of the violence or a combination of different other factors. well basically we have 1900000 children being pushed out of their education being pushed out of school across 8 countries in western central africa for in security reasons for violence as well as threats of violence i myself for instance visited to put in a fossil a few weeks back and there the what we see is that the reasons most of the schools are closing is because of threats of violence they see that that schools have been attacked in other villages there are rumors that are coming through that this school will also be attacked so basically children are kept home and in often is the case as well obviously you know entire villages are being displaced because of that fear of attacks so we have a combination of think the root cause is insecurity and it is fear and that is making parents keep their children at home rather than sending them to school to clinica why is

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