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SUMMARY: While the Nigerian military has made significant gains against Boko Haram, killings by the group continue, with some civilians caught in the middle. As part of a week-long series "Nigeria: Pain and Promise," special correspondent Nick Schifrin reports with producer and cameraman Zach Fannin on the government's attempts to wipe out the militant group.
GWEN IFILL (NewsHour): Tonight, we begin a week-long series on Africa’s most populous country, “Nigeria: Pain and Promise.”
Special correspondent Nick Schifrin and producer and cameraman Zach Fannin spent more than a month on the ground there, chronicling a nation in the midst of an encouraging and impressive economic boom, but still plagued by income inequality, corruption and terrorism.
This evening, we look at the government’s attempts to wipe out Boko Haram, a terrorist group that killed more people in 2014 than the Islamic State we hear so much about.
While the Nigerian military has made significant gains, the killings by the group continue. As we report, some civilians are getting caught in the middle.
A warning: Some of the images in this report may be disturbing.
NICK SCHIFRIN (NewsHour): On the outskirts of Maiduguri, the men who protect the city fight with whatever they can find, 40-year-old shotguns and iPhone ear buds. Some carve their own clubs. Others patrol in floral and kitchen knives.
What they lack in weaponry, they make up for in divinely inspired confidence.
There’s a couple of shotguns. There’s a few machetes, a few knives, but that’s it.
ABBA AJI KALLI, Civilian JTF: Yes.
NICK SCHIFRIN: I mean, what would you actually be able to do if you ran into Boko Haram out here?
MAN: We chased them out of Maiduguri with stick and we didn’t even have a gun, and when they have AK-47, they have RPG on their hand, but we pushed them out.
ABBA AJI KALLI: God has put the fear of the Civilian JTF in their heart. Well done.
NICK SCHIFRIN: Fifty-one-year-old Abba Aji Kalli leads the Civilian JTF, for Joint Task Force. He used to be a government auditor. Today, he’s more comfortable on the front lines.
"Can Nigeria’s booming economy lift its poorest people?" PBS NewsHour 12/1/2015
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SUMMARY: Nigeria is a nation of superlatives. It’s Africa's richest country and its fastest growing economy. At the same time, millions still live in poverty and lack basic services like running water. As part of a week-long series "Nigeria: Pain and Promise," special correspondent Nick Schifrin reports on the country's massive economic surge, new millionaires, growing inequality and those fighting to provide new opportunities for all Nigerians.
"How a cancer of corruption steals Nigerian oil, weapons and lives" PBS NewsHour 12/2/2015
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SUMMARY: In Nigeria, where corruption is part of daily life, police officers routinely demand bribes, local government leaders pocket money meant for schools and the former national security advisor is accused of stealing billions from the military. As part of a week-long series "Nigeria: Pain and Promise," special correspondent Nick Schifrin reports on the challenges of fighting corruption.
"Gay Nigerians face beatings, harsh prison sentences, even death" PBS NewsHour 12/3/2015
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SUMMARY: Nigeria made same-sex marriage and gay rights activism illegal last January. Since then, gay Nigerians say abuse and extortion have become commonplace by state-sponsored vigilantes, police and public mobs. As part of a week-long series "Nigeria: Pain and Promise," special correspondent Nick Schifrin reports on the threats and violence that LGBT citizens face in that country.
"Understanding Nigeria, a country of pain, promise and complexity" PBS NewsHour 12/4/2015
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SUMMARY: NewsHour has focused in on Nigeria for a week-long series, “Pain and Promise,” examining the fight against Boko Haram, economic development, corruption and LGBT discrimination. Special correspondent Nick Schifrin and Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of "Americanah," speak with William Brangham about that country’s complexity.
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