Abuja, Nigeria, February 16, 2019- Numa (34), dances in her sister's home to praise the elections have postponed and that today is violence free.
Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 23, 2019- Voters line up at their polling station to vote.
Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 22, 2019- Security patrols the streets. Tensions grew in the north east the night before elections. Boko Haram always makes their presence known and takes advantage of Nigeria's political unrest.
Epe, Lagos, Nigeria, February 20, 2019 - A woman holds a sign protesting violent elections and government corruption within the 2019 presidential elections. The postponement led to rising tensions within Nigeria, as many theories circulated about th
Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 22, 2019 - On February 16, 2019 three Boko Haram members entered this mosque with one man strapped with an IED, accompanied by two gunmen leaving nine killed and 15 injured as a scare tactic against voters on election da
Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 24, 2019- Two women hurry into their home to make curfew.
Tsanyawa Kano State, Nigeria, February 26, 2019- Two new mothers wait for their turn to vaccinate their babies.
Tsanyawa Kano State, Nigeria, February 26, 2019- A scatter of medical supplies in the hospital. This medical center is a rare sight, sitting at 184 km from the city and is in need of an upgrade due to the influx of patients in the recents years.
Tsanyawa Kano State, Nigeria, February 26, 2019-A 40-year-old woman infected with AIDS sleeps in her hospital bed on IV while her sister visits her. Nigeria is under-resourced in children's care, sexual and reproductive health and emergency care fac
Tsanyawa Kano State, Nigeria, February 26, 2019- Family members sit next to a patient while the doctor tends to her. According to Reuters, 35% of hospitals have been destroyed in the ten-year-long insurgency leaving rural hospitals with minimal reso
Tsanyawa Kano State, Nigeria, February 26, 2019- Hauwa (23) is a volunteer medic at the hospital.
Tsanyawa Kano State, Nigeria, February 26, 2019- A woman weighs her newborn baby in a hospital.
Epe, Lagos, Nigeria, February 20, 2019 - The community leader drinks water from the watering hole for the community. They use this water for drinking, bathing, washing clothes, and washing dishes. There have been many waterborne diseases because of
Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 22, 2019- Kids play football outside a mosque the day before elections will commence.
Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 22, 2019- Three 18-year-old women travel back to their villages to cast their votes in the 2019 presidential elections. However, traveling to the rural villages is a security challenge because of boko haram threat of kid
Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 24, 2019- Aisa Mallam Madu poses for a portrait in her home, constructed of old sacks and a small concrete room. After Boko Haram took over her village, Baga, they executed her stepson and then took her daughter. Aisa hi
Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 25, 2019 - From left to right, Aisha (13), Umar (12), and Muhammed (7) (names changed to protect identity) escaped from Boko Haram in December 2018 after being held captive for five years. They were used as human shields
Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 22, 2019- An empty road past curfew the night before the presidential elections.
Abuja, Nigeria, February 16, 2019- At Mother Theresa's Orphanage, a care taker feeds a baby. After the postponement of the Presidential elections, CODE had prepared food to sustain employees while they waited for the results. Since the pushback of e
Epe, Lagos, Nigeria, February 20, 2019- A man takes part in protest for free and fair elections.
Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 23, 2019- Two young women walking to their polling station at an IDP camp. Nearly three million people have been displaced because of Boko Haram.
Epe, Lagos State, Nigeria, February 20, 2019- Mary (11) poses for a portrait in her classroom. For most of her schooling, there were no toilets for her and her classmates, which caused many sanitary issues and health problems. ifollowthemoney built
Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 22, 2019- Men praying on the side of the road.
Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 24, 2019- A woman and her granddaughter watch TV anxiously, waiting for the presidential election results.
Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 25, 2019-On February 1, 2019, Hajjalima (95), escaped with others from the village in the middle of the night after Boko Haram took over Baga. They put the elderly in carts, usually used to haul water cans, and the young
Jataka, Kano State, Nigeria, February 26, 2019- Kids walking in their village to the construction site of their new medical center.
Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 24, 2019- Ekene (25) (name changed) holds her baby in the IDP camp while she waits for her friends to vote in the presidential elections. Ekene gave birth the day Boko Haram attacked her village and left with nothing but
Maiduguri, Nigeria, February 24, 2019- A man waiting for his friend the night after the presidential elections.
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