Climate-driven clashes are exacerbating intra-communal violence.
There was a time in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria, where people survived on farms fed by rain and water drawn from the wells. Today, the encroaching desert has poisoned wells and is forcing people to run.
Despite a ₦3 billion tree planting scheme, the lands are bare.
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