How gold-for-arms trade fuels terror in Nigeria’s North-West (2)

By Lami SADIQ As the vigilante commander in Zamfara, Rabiu Bawa knows the cost of defending such communities. “Just recently, I wanted to restructure my men, and I was very upset because many of them had been killed in a clash with bandits,” Bawa said, his voice heavy with grief. Middlemen in the shadows Muhammadu […]