INVESTIGATION: The illegal timber trade fuelling terrorism in North-central Nigeria, Benin

Salamatu Salihu holds her face in her palms, weeping. Her next words were a quiet and desperate plea for forgiveness. “I want everyone to forgive him,” said the 70-year-old mother whose son, Idris, had been unmasked as a terrorist collaborator. The last time Mrs Salamatu saw him was early last year,...