Boko Haram ghosts haunt ‘liberated’ areas

Life seems to be returning to normal in this northern Nigerian town a year after the army expelled the Islamist fighters of Boko Haram -- shops bustle with customers and vendors hawk their wares in the pot-holed streets.

Kaka Michuzi,thank you for your good work. Its always a proud moment seeing the good work you do in our social media circles. Keep up and God bless you.My problem:Am a young man looking for a suitable house to relocate to (plans of settling down are knocking). Given the housing situation in Dar I have met 'Dalalis' after 'Dalalis' going round looking for a house in  Tegeta, Mbweni,Boko,Ununio & Masiaya areas. I think it has to do with my budget. Tsh 250,000/= per month for a simple neat 2...

On April 14, 2014 a group of deadly armed religious fanatics in Northern Nigeria, Boko Haram, attacked a school hostel in the north-east Nigerian town of Chibok and abducted 234 female students.

A reader of last week’s column about Islamist extremism wrote, “It is not really about Islam. It is about things you understand all too well: poverty, alienation, disenfranchisement, and a search for meaning and identity.

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