Mokwa, Nigeria, June 20, 2025 (AFP) - Nigeria flood victims mourn missing bodies as death toll stagnates

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2025-06-20

On a hot and humid afternoon in Mokwa, Nigeria, Fatima and Habiba Jibrin sat under a mango tree, waiting for the recovery of corpses they fear may never come. Both women, married to the same man, had been spending their nights there since a week before when the worst flood in living memory wiped out swathes of the town -- sweeping away their home, two other wives of their husband, and 16 children. Fatima, 26, lost four children, while Habiba, 27,......

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