Ahmad Salkida

Ahmad Salkida is a renowned investigative reporter with over 20 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.

News

Ahmad SalkidaSeptember 6, 2021
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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
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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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Analysis

Ahmad SalkidaMay 21, 2021
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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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Features

Ahmad SalkidaOctober 31, 2020
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Mobs Overrun Streets, After Mass Lynching Of Police Officers In Nigeria

The two-week epic youth-led protests against police brutality that recently raged across Nigeria have morphed into cruel acts of aggression…
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Features

Ahmad SalkidaSeptember 27, 2020
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Ex-Boko Haram Fighters, Eluding Detection, Start A New Life In Kaduna, Kano, And Abuja

He was in the senior commanding cadre among the revered elite jihadist corps in the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram.…
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Features

Ahmad SalkidaSeptember 22, 2020
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#BokoHaram Roadblocks, Ambushes In Borno Claiming Prime Targets

On Sunday, September 20, insurgents mounted a roadblock on the road leading to Maiduguri from Monguno town, in Monguno Local…
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Features

Ahmad SalkidaJuly 12, 2020
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Nigeria’s Terror King, Shekau, Connects East, West And Centre In A Puzzling Agenda

Scorned and underrated, Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Jama’atu Ahlul Sunnah Lidda’awatu Wal-Jihad (JAS), otherwise known as Boko Haram is…
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Features

Ahmad SalkidaJune 14, 2020
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Agonies Of Communities In The War Front: Brutalized, Exploited And Traumatized By Army and Insurgents

When the military is deployed to protect a community from terrorist attacks, the people are happy and offer them needed…
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Analysis

Ahmad SalkidaJune 13, 2020
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Fulani: Villain And Victim Of Militia Attacks?

The Fulani in Nigeria are steadily picking up the roles of the villain in a horror script. The plots are…
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