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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Chinedu Asadu

They fled the war in Nigeria's northeast. Then bulldozers levelled their homes at a camp in Abuja

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On a breezy morning at the height of the dry season six months ago, Rifkatu Andruwus and her children were chatting in front of their house in a displacement camp in the heart of Nigeria’s capital. Suddenly, security forces stormed into the camp, followed closely by bulldozers.

The family of seven had just about half an hour to pack their belongings and leave before their shanty house and about 200 others were reduced to rubble.

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