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Video; Returning from the Land of Jihad: The Fate of Women Who Lived with Boko Haram
In late 2018 Crisis Group’s Senior Analyst for Gender Azadeh Moaveni went to north-east Nigeria, which has been the epicenter of the fight between Boko Haram and the Nigerian military, to explore how effectively women formerly associated with the group have been rehabilitated and…
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For ten years, clashes between the rebel group Boko Haram and the Nigerian military have killed several thousand people and displaced more than two million in Nigeria alone.
The Nigerian army’s advance in 2015 prompted many women affiliated with the group to flee.
Others were captured or…