PRIF📣WhatsApp, Facebook and Co. are more than communication tools: Joel Abah explains how digital networks increasingly serve as alternative governance systems in displacement camps across Benue State, Nigeria – central to the coordination of camp life and authority.
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From Silence to Power: How Displaced Youth Use Digital Networks to Govern Nigeria’s Camps - PRIF BLOG
Within displacement camps across Benue State, Nigeria, digital platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook, and mobile money services function not merely as communication tools, but as infrastructures for organising information, resources, and social relations.