'We are being driven from the land' - after a massacre, a Nigerian village buries its dead

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'We are being driven from the land' - after a massacre, a Nigerian village buries its dead

Saturday 26th July 2025, 11:00AM

Another deadly overnight raid in central Nigeria left more than 100 villagers dead and hundreds displaced. Survivors in Benue State say it's part of a brutal campaign to drive Christian farming communities from their land. NPR reports from Yelwata, where residents are still counting the dead.

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