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Trapped in the north: A mother escapes Nigeria’s violence

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A mother escapes Nigeria’s violence
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After her husband was killed by Boko Haram last year, Gloria Ibrahim fled to Yola, Nigeria where she and her three small children now live with her father-in-law. She is one of the lucky ones to escape the violence erupting in the country.

On April 6 last year, Gloria Ibrahim, 29, and her family woke to the clatter of gunfire. They ran outside to find a cadre from Boko Haram, the radical Islamist militia that controls parts of northeastern Nigeria, rounding up villagers.

“They killed them, and all other men above the age of 15," Gloria says, staring out a small window into the ghostly mist. "They took many women with them.”

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