Nigeria flood victims mourn missing bodies as death toll stagnates

Mokwa, Nigeria (AFP) June 2, 2025

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 last week 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 childre