Cradling Babies, Forsaking Dreams: Teenage Pregnancies Strain Lives in Nigeria’s Rural Communities
“If I could go back in time, I would change my fate,” Deborah Salama said, her eyes fixed on the child resting on her lap.…
Borno’s Broken Bridge: Residents Suffer as Youths Build Alternative Amid Official Neglect
On Sept. 10, 2024, a collapsed dam in Maiduguri, northeastern Borno State, led to devastating floods that affected about a million people. Aside from 37…
Rising Insecurity: Spotlight on the Damboa Tragedy in Nigeria
The recent attack on a military base in Sabon Gari, a remote village in the Damboa local government area of Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, raises…
One Girl’s Ordeal With Sexual Abuse, Teenage Pregnancy in Northeastern Nigeria
When Fatima Hassan* met Jamil at the Islamic and Arabic Study Centre in the Pompomari area of Damaturu, Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria, in 2018, they…
A Night Of Destruction – HumAngle
VOV 120: A Night Of Destruction | RSS.com One night in December, terrorists attacked a small community in Gombe, northeastern Nigeria, leaving behind burnt ruins.…
The Forest Exploits of Nigeria’s Blood-Thirsty Terrorists
Ali Mainasara can’t forget quickly. He badly wanted to speak about his plight, but no one would ask. A gang of terrorists raided his Kurebe…
The Pains and Struggles of Nigeria’s Forgotten IDPs in El-Miskin Camp
Deep within the sprawling city of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, lies the El-Miskin camp, housing hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled…
‘A Death Trap’: Commuters Frustrated Over Abandoned Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway Project
On a warm afternoon in April 2023, Audu Bala, a 50-year-old commercial driver, gripped the steering wheel of his car tightly while driving from Maiduguri…
ISWAP Attacks Security Post in Borno, Kills 1, Leaves with Patrol Truck
On Saturday, Dec. 21, residents of the Dalori community were enjoying a peaceful evening, with children fast asleep and the night offering the perfect atmosphere…
Rural Communities in Nigeria’s Borno Struggle for Basic Amenities
Baba Aji Fariya, an elderly man with a weathered face and tired eyes, gazes down a sandy path leading out of his village, Fariya, in…
Here Are Our Reporters’ Favourite 2024 HumAngle Stories
Almajiri Children Grow Old, Too. But What Happens When They Do? Almajiris in the Tandari community of Borno, northeastern Nigeria, Sept. 10, 2023. Photo: ‘Kunle…
Prisoners and Correctional Officers Build Bridges through Chess in Nigeria’s Borno
In a rare sense of camaraderie, inmates and officers at the Maiduguri Medium Custodial Facility in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, are discovering common ground through…
Tragedy in Borno IDP Camps: Women Suffer Child Maternal Losses Amid Healthcare Crisis
It was 11 p.m., and Aisha Usman and her husband had fallen into a deep sleep in a tent at the El-Miskin camp for internally…
A 13-Year-Old Street Hawker’s Battle with Sexual Exploitation in Nigeria’s North East
In the scorching streets of Damaturu, Yobe State, in northeastern Nigeria, 13-year-old Sahiba Aliyu* has endured unimaginable horrors. The young groundnut hawker’s life took a…
Adamawa State’s Education Sector is Proving Inadequate for its Young Female Students
As the warm morning sun cast its golden rays over the serene landscape of Bobda, a small village in the Jada Local Government Area of…
Displaced Thirteen Times Over – HumAngle
VOV 117: Displaced Thirteen Times Over | RSS.com Due to the insurgency in Nigeria’s North East, 54-year-old Binta Bukar has been forced to relocate 13…
Burnt Armoured Vehicles and Other War Relics Haunt Borno Communities
Adamu Abdulsalam is a civil servant and small-scale farmer who regularly travels from Gwoza town to Kirawa in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. The 38-year-old often…
11 Long Years In Detention
VOV 119: 11 Long Years In Detention | RSS.com This episode of #VOV tells the story of Aisha, who, like her husband, was arrested by…
To Lose A Mother In Conflict
VOV 116: To Lose A Mother In Conflict | RSS.com 19-year-old Pwajeldi Lazarus lost her mother to a farmer-herder crisis in Numan, northeastern Nigeria. This…
HumAngle Wraps Up 4th Cohort Of Accountability Fellowship Programme
HumAngle, Africa’s leading conflict, humanitarian, and development media organisation, has concluded the fourth cohort of its Accountability Fellowship Programme, culminating in a virtual graduation…