Delayed Rainfall, Soaring Cost Of Seeds: The Nightmares Of Local Farmers In Borno
He has worked all his life as a farmer, ploughing the earth to harvest crops yearly. Abba Isa, 75, now faces an agricultural crisis in…
Victims Of Armed Conflict Turn To Deforestation To Earn A Living In Northeast Nigeria
Adam Mustapha, a 37-year-old father of five in Bama, a town in central Borno state, northeast Nigeria, navigates the challenges of a life reshaped by…
ATJLF Commits $2.68 Million Fund To Strengthen Transitional Justice Initiatives In West Africa
The Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund (ATJLF), a public charity, has announced a substantial commitment of $2.68 million in grants and legacy projects to support…
5630 Terrorists Surrender, Weapons Recovered In Lake Chad, Says Nigeria Army Chief
Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), has commended the efforts of Nigerian troops in the Lake Chad region, marking a “significant…
Living On The Edge: Stories From A Flood Prone Area In Northeast Nigeria
Twenty-twenty-two is etched in Zara Mohammed’s memory as a year of relentless hardship. Along with other families, the 27-year-old mother of five was displaced by…
In Health And In Labour
By Hadiza’s estimation, the baby wasn’t due until about three weeks. So when that day during the Ramadan fast two years ago, her back started…
Departing IDPs Hopeful Yet Wary As Borno Commences Closure Of Muna Camp
The government of Borno state in northeastern Nigeria initiated the resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Muna, an unofficial camp, on Friday, June 7,…
MSF Overwhelmed By ‘Unprecedented’ Rise In Nigeria’s Severe Malnutrition Cases
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has called for more support to address medical challenges in northern Nigeria, which are fast worsening and overstretching its resources. In…
‘It Was A Game Changer’: HumAngle Fellowship Alumni Share Success Stories
In a significant move to promote accountability in public and private sectors across communities in North East Nigeria, HumAngle’s top editors engaged with alumni of…
Do Almajiri Children Also Attain ‘Success’ In Life?
It was harvest season in 1972 in Damasak, a community in Borno, Nigeria’s North Eeast. Ten-year-old Goni Ali had just finished assisting his father in…
Nigerian Military Hands Over 350 Sambisa Forest Rescues to Borno Authorities
The Nigerian military, on Monday, May 20, handed over 350 individuals who had regained freedom from insurgent groups to officials of the Borno state government…
Shot 4 Times, A Survivor Recounts Harrowing Experience Of A Brutal Attack
The dusty roads of Nganzai local government area of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, are often filled with sounds of construction work and resonating hopes of…
HumAngle Continues Three-Day Training On Accountability Journalism
HumAngle has concluded day two of its three-day training of journalists on accountability journalism in conflict zones. The training, which started on Monday, May 13,…
HumAngle Sets Ball Rolling For Accountability Fellowship’s Fourth Cohort
HumAngle has kickstarted the fourth cohort of its accountability fellowship, comprising nine participants from Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe in Nigeria’s North East region. The years-long…
Malnutrition Is Affecting Displaced Mothers’ Ability To Breastfeed Newborns In Northeast Nigeria
Two weeks after Falmata Ibrahim gave birth, her body stopped making breastmilk for her baby. The baby would whine for breastmilk, and in both desperation…
Nigerian IDPs’ Struggle To Keep A Roof Over Their Heads
Hajjara Habiba’s life has been a relentless cycle of displacement and hardship. Ten years ago, her world was upended when Boko Haram forced her family…
Chibok Girl Regains Freedom With Children, Says She Left 6 Other Captives Behind
Lydia Simon, one of the 276 girls abducted from Chibok in 2014, has regained freedom, officials confirmed. She emerged from captivity with three children, stating…
Hunger, Unemployment … IDPs In North East Nigeria Rank Their Biggest Worries
The vast majority of internally displaced people in northeastern Nigeria have identified hunger and inadequate nutrition as their biggest concerns. This was noted in an…
From ‘Enemies’ To Neighbours: Borno’s Bumpy Peacebuilding Journey
On a sweltering day on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, two uniformed young men were stopped by officials from the Nigeria Drug…
Security Agents Complain Of Inadequate Weapons Amid Boko Haram Attacks
Hunters and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Borno state, North East Nigeria, have complained about the lack of adequate arms following…