How gold-for-arms trade fuels terror in Nigeria’s North-West (1)

By Lami SADIQ Thirty-five years ago, Hussaini Isah scraped alluvial gold from the earth of Dan-kamfani, in North-West Nigeria, without looking over his shoulder. Today, he digs deep underground, hunted by fear and surrounded by violence and destruction that have engulfed many parts of Zamfara State. This gold form Maru is said to be 23karat […]