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Federal Raids Target Migrant Kids, Split Families
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Over 2 million Nigerians are displaced by farmer-herder conflict in Benue State

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There are 4 support systems they turn to By Victor Onyilor Achem (Special to BHN) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj6EFrGniF8&pp=ygUlZmFybWVyLWhlcmRlciBjb25mbGljdCBpbiBCZW51ZSBTdGF0ZQ%3D%3D Victor Onyilor Achem is a researcher investigating people’s experiences of victimization; he wanted to find out what form support took, what displaced people thought of the interventions and whether this support was helping them to reintegrate into their original

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