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nigeria joined forces with chat, cameroon and niger to combat the militants. in the words of the government's own spokesman, they are not won by bullets alone. by failing to make the media its ally, it may have. >> they realise that less than credible information was being passed. and civilians on the ground knew or realized that this state of fear and confusion, they are aware that it dishes out information in the confusion. >> we put together a lack of communication from the authorities who were supposed to be dealing with the problem, and you add that to the danger of getting to the parts of the north-east that are affected. it's like a coast war of something that is happening up there. >> reporter: the lack of on the ground reporting makes this country seem like a coast war, but it's brought home too frequently on the face of survivors haunted by their experiences. the victims escaping with tales of misery, stories that too often go untold. desperately need it. >> they get exited about technology whether it's in their phone or in their car, so why is it so

nigeria joined forces with chat, cameroon and niger to combat the militants. in the words of the government's own spokesman, they are not won by bullets alone. by failing to make the media its ally, it may have. >> they realise that less than credible information was being passed. and civilians on the ground knew or realized that this state of fear and confusion, they are aware that it dishes out information in the confusion. >> we put together a lack of communication from the authorities who were supposed to be dealing with the problem, and you add that to the danger of getting to the parts of the north-east that are affected. it's like a coast war of something that there. >> reporter: the lack of on the ground reporting makes this country seem like a coast war, but it's brought home too frequently on the face of survivors haunted by their experiences. the victims escaping with tales >> everyone has a story... and the only way to see all of america, is to see the human stories... one at a time. get to know the people, their struggles, their hardships and thei