Alamin Umar

Al’amin Umar is a climate journalist with HumAngle Media, focusing on the human cost of climate change and conflict. His reporting focuses on the complex intersections of environmental change, conflict, and sustainability efforts. A graduate in Mass Communication from the University of Maiduguri, Al’amin is also passionate about African history and culture.

Features

Alamin UmarMarch 25, 2025
206

Farmers in Northeastern Nigeria Are Beating Climate, Economic Hardships with Solar Irrigation

At dawn, Hayin Gada awakens with the quiet hum of labour. A sloping stretch of farmland beyond the Numan Bridge…
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News

Alamin UmarMarch 21, 2025
598

HumAngle’s Managing Editor Selected for Global Fellowship

HumAngle’s Managing Editor, Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu, has been selected as a 2025 Journalism Fellow of the Fellowships at Auschwitz for…
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Investigations

Alamin UmarMarch 11, 2025
1,538

Buried Wealth, Stolen Futures: The Hidden Costs of Artisanal Mining in Borno

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… One Friday afternoon in January, I was led to the Dogon Daji…
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Featured

Alamin UmarFebruary 10, 2025
3,172

Ransom Payments Fuel Terrorism and Exploitation in Nigeria’s Vulnerable Communities

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… The young man was in anguish when he spoke. He had spent…
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Armed Violence

Alamin UmarFebruary 5, 2025
2,419

UN Urges Swift Action to Protect Women Amid Worsening Crisis in DR Congo

The humanitarian crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached alarming levels, with women and girls…
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Analyses

Alamin UmarFebruary 1, 2025
3,281

DR Congo: Children, Women Bear the Brunt of Escalating Conflict

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has plunged deeper into crisis following the occupation of Goma, the capital of North…
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Environment & Climate Change

Alamin UmarJanuary 31, 2025
3,757

The Struggles of Borno’s Loggers Amid Deforestation and Official Extortion

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… He stood in the doorway, dressed in a grey, faded kaftan worn…
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News

Alamin UmarJanuary 30, 2025
2,694

Sudan’s War Drives Nearly One Million People into Chad Amidst Humanitarian Crisis

Despite experiencing one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises, aid remains underfunded in Sudan, leaving millions without essential protection,…
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Armed Violence

Alamin UmarDecember 30, 2024
5,280

ISWAP’s ‘Tax’ System is Bleeding Farmers Dry in Northeastern Nigeria

Kaka Ali gripped the worn handle of his hoe with both hands, his fingers curling tightly around the smooth wood.…
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News

Alamin UmarDecember 19, 2024
4,765

Displaced Women in Cameroon Face Land Access Crisis Amid Violence and Climate Change—NRC

Displaced people in Mayo-Tsanaga, Logone-et-Chari, and Mayo-Sava divisions of the Far North region of Cameroon are forced to cultivate low-quality,…
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