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Banditry violence in Nigeria's north west : insights from affected communities : MEAC findings report 36 / Johanna Kleffmann, Swetha Ramachandran, Noah Cohen, et al.

The report examines victimization at the hands of bandit groups, how their presence manifests on the ground, and the everyday impact of bandit violence on income generation, access to education and mobility. The report draws on MEAC's original survey research with affected communities in Katsina, Zamfara, and Sokoto states in the North West of Nigeria. Through the lens of affected communities, it also looks at where banditry sits in the wider context of conflict and violence in Nigeria, including conflict between farmers and herders and the Boko Haram insurgency in the North East of the countr…