ISS Clips: Women increasingly turn to bandit-linked arms trafficking in Nigeria

Bandits are enlisting women for their criminal activities by copying a strategy perfected by Boko Haram in Nigeria’s north-east.

Published on 30 August 2023 in Media / Videos

Read more about why Nigeria’s women turn to gunrunning and organised crime here.

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