How women steer youths away from gang violence in northeastern Nigeria
Key takeaways
- Women-led campaigns are helping curb gang violence by changing young people’s mindsets in conflict-scarred communities.
- Most of the fingers on his right hand were mutilated during a gang attack in 2023, a permanent reminder of a life he says was consumed by violence.
- He no longer remembers his age.
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Women-led campaigns are helping curb gang violence by changing young people’s mindsets in conflict-scarred communities.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Fatima Tahir and other local leaders in Bulunkutu ensure each person residing in the community is known and registered to avoid accomodating bad crops of people in the area. [Hadiza Ibrahim Ngulde/Al Jazeera]By Yahuza Bawage Published On 23 Jun 202623 Jun 2026Maiduguri, Nigeria – Mohammed Abdulhamid raises what remains of his fingers to greet passers-by outside his home in Ajilari, a neighbourhood on the edge of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria.
The gesture is awkward. Most of the fingers on his right hand were mutilated during a gang attack in 2023, a permanent reminder of a life he says was consumed by violence.