Borno

British

/ ˈbɔːnəʊ /

noun

a state of NE Nigeria, on Lake Chad. Capital: Maiduguri. Pop: 4 151 193 (2006). Area: 70 898 sq km (27 374 sq miles)

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Ask a group of people in the Borno state capital which years were the worst of the conflict in northeastern Nigeria and they'll all give a slightly different answer: for Marama, it was from 2010 to 2014; a local restaurateur put it from 2011 to 2015; an imam said 2015 to 2016.

From Barron's

A local government official in Nigeria's eastern Borno state holds similar beliefs.

From Barron's

Ask a group of people in the Borno state capital which years were the worst of the conflict and they'll all give a slightly different answer: for Marama, it was from 2010 to 2014; a local restaurateur put it from 2011 to 2015; an imam said 2015 to 2016.

From Barron's

Despite stories like these, Mohammed Hassan Agalama, the commander who leads the Agro Rangers scheme in Borno, insists that the guards deter militants from staging violent assaults.

From BBC

Over in Maiduguri's city centre, a group of farmers gather in the home of Adam Goni, the chair of the Borno branch of the National Association of Sorghum Producers, Processors and Marketers.

From BBC

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