Nigerian trade hub a ghost town after Boko Haram rule
By AFP
17 December 2016 |
7:57 am
The houses are burnt-out shells, and charred cars and petrol pumps line the roads in the once-bustling Nigerian trade hub of Bama before it was razed by Boko Haram jihadists.
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