Ahmad Salkida

Ahmad Salkida is a renowned investigative reporter with over 23 years experience in conflict and development reporting. He is regarded as one of the best knowledge experts on the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency. He has done groundbreaking reporting on the multiple conflict situations in the Lake Chad region, a territory overshadowed by terrorism and famine.

Analyses

Ahmad SalkidaMarch 2, 2025
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#HumAngleAt5: What’s Next for Humanitarian Journalism in Africa?

The streets of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State and the epicentre of Nigeria’s humanitarian crises, hum with resilience. Here,…
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Features

Ahmad SalkidaDecember 24, 2024
1,295

Reflections on HumAngle’s 2024 and Outlook for 2025

HumAngle continues to interrogate the fluid dynamics of the conflict landscape across Africa, particularly in the Lake Chad and Sahel…
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Analyses

Ahmad SalkidaAugust 14, 2024
4,425

Nigeria’s Intensifying Landscape Of Chaos

Nigeria’s northern region is experiencing continuous armed violence and a decline in rainfall as a result of climate change, both…
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News

Ahmad SalkidaMay 16, 2024
1,101

HumAngle Editor Selected For Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship

Managing Editor of HumAngle, Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu, is one of 14 exceptional journalists selected for this year’s Ochberg Fellowship. The…
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Humanitarian Voices

Ahmad SalkidaAugust 22, 2023
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In The Absence Of Aid

In The Absence Of Aid | RSS.com #HumanitarianVoices, we highlight the experiences of displaced women in Borno, Nigeria, in the…
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Humanitarian Voices

Ahmad SalkidaAugust 22, 2023
535

Defining The Vulnerable

Defining The Vulnerable | RSS.com The first episode of our new podcast #HumanitarianVoices is live today! In it, our CEO…
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News

Ahmad SalkidaSeptember 6, 2021
5,384

Significance Of September 6: From Nigerian Army Declaring Me Wanted To Shaping HumAngle

On Sept. 6, five years ago, I landed in Abuja on an Emirates flight from the UAE after the Nigerian…
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News

Ahmad SalkidaJune 5, 2021
16,713

ISWAP Confirms Shekau’s Death, Says Its Fighters Were Following ISIS Orders

The Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) has confirmed that former Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau blew himself up after…
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Analyses

Ahmad SalkidaMay 21, 2021
12,414

What Shekau’s Death Means For Security In Nigeria, Lake Chad

The days-long siege by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters on one of the locations where Abubakar Shekau, leader…
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Magazine

Obiora ChukwumbaAhmad SalkidaMarch 2, 2021
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The HumAngle Journey: Passing Through The Eye Of The Needle

At 3.10 pm on March 3, 2020, we uploaded the first content on the HumAngle domain portal announcing the birth…
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