'If you started running, they shot you' - inside Nigeria's growing kidnapping crisis
Many communities are living in fear of being kidnapped for ransom as the crisis spreads further south.
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"If you ran into a room, they set the room on fire."
— Fatima , Other
"The forest became our sanctuary. We ran with our kids, if you couldn't find your child you'd take your neighbour's child."
— Fatima , Other
"When we had peace, we had our own wealth, but now the tables have turned and we have become beggars."
— Fatima , Other
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Many communities are living in fear of being kidnapped for ransom as the crisis spreads further south.
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