Alexis Okeowo

vigilante photo

Vigilantes with homemade weapons take on Boko Haram in Nigeria

Conflict

In northeast Nigeria, Boko Haram is hiding in plain sight, so thousands of citizens there have formed their own vigilante group for protection. The idea is to do what the Nigerian military can’t seem to do: root out the extremists

A man washes his hands at a tap outside the Green Pharmacy at Area 8 in Abuja, Nigeria.

Nigeria’s government stunned critics in acting quickly to make the country ‘Ebola free’

Health
Boko Haram

Many of the girls who escaped Boko Haram in Nigeria are so traumatized they can’t even speak

Members of various civil society organizations (CSOs) protest against the delay in securing the release of the abducted schoolgirls who were kidnapped. Dozens of protesters gathered outside Nigeria's parliament in Abuja on Wednesday called on security for

In Nigeria, the girls who escaped Boko Haram are tormented by the thought of their friends and family who didn’t

Conflict & Justice
Members of various civil society organizations (CSOs) protest against the delay in securing the release of the abducted schoolgirls who were kidnapped. Dozens of protesters gathered outside Nigeria's parliament in Abuja on Wednesday called on security for

In Nigeria, the girls who escaped Boko Haram are tormented by the thought of their friends and family who didn’t

Conflict & Justice