Northeast capital bounces back as conflict rages in Nigeria countryside

MAIDUGURI: Thomas Marama is praying less often these days. His faith hasn’t waned, but with the height of the Boko Haram conflict behind him, the Nigerian pastor no longer feels the need to plead to God each time he goes to a crowded market or gets caught in a traffic jam. “You were always scared that maybe there was going to be an explosion,” Marama told AFP from his church compound in a Maiduguri neighborhood, where residents used to hear gunshots ring out every night.

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