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“I was beaten like a common criminal” – Nigerian woman accuses her estranged husband of threatening to kill her after she left him due to alleged domestic violence

"I was beaten like a common criminal" - Nigerian woman accuses her estranged husband of threatening to kill her after she left him due to alleged domestic violence

A Nigerian woman, Rosemary Nkiruka, has accused her estranged husband of threatening to kill her and destroy her business after she walked away from their marriage due to alleged domestic violence.      The mother of two said that her husband who she identified as Obarijima Yorgba, had been assaulting …

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‘Common game plan’ needed to address DR Congo displacement crisis: A Resident Coordinator blog

“The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has the largest population of internally displaced people on the African continent: 5.9 million people, including 700,000 newly displaced people this year. The DRC is also hosting over 500,000 refugees and asylum-seekers (mainly from Burundi, the Central African Republic, and South Sudan). The factors …

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