27/09/2014
Islamist siege turns women into beggars in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria ? Aishat Abba, a 35-year-old mother, spends her days in a crush of beggars soliciting alms from people in passing cars in the northeastern Nigerian city. She's says it's the only way her family can survive. She's one of hundreds of women and girls who've turned to begging after fleeing attacks from the Islamist group Boko Haram in the countryside. Abba and her children escaped their hometown of Dalakaleri, about 9 miles east of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, after a militant raid killed scores of people, including her husband. quot;The Borno state government came to my aid with some assistance, but it wasn't enough because my husband who put bread on my table has...
