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.

Impact

Alamin UmarNovember 27, 2025
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HumAngle Investigations Win at CJID 2025 West Africa Journalism Awards

Two HumAngle investigations were recognised at the 2025 Excellence in Journalism Awards in West Africa, winning in the health reporting…
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News

Alamin UmarNovember 17, 2025
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Image Shows Missing Nigerian General in ISWAP Captivity

The Nigerian Army’s statement that Brigadier General M Uba, the Brigade Commander 25 Task Force Brigade “successfully led troops back…
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News

Alamin UmarNovember 15, 2025
5,288

ISWAP Ambushes Military Convoy On Damboa–Biu Road

Editor’s Note: After HumAngle broke the news of the General’s abduction, this report stated that sources said the General had…
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Featured

Alamin UmarSaduwo BanyawaOctober 13, 2025
5,229

Inside Nigeria’s Criminal Rosewood Economy

The cold bites harder at night. Nathaniel Bitrus* feels it on his face as the motorcycle roars along the dirt…
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Climate Change

Alamin UmarAugust 4, 2025
2,247

Climate Migrants: The Rural Farmers Chased Into Abuja by Droughts

Aminu Ishaku now earns a living as a commercial motorcyclist in Abuja. His family has five hectares of land in…
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Armed Violence

Alamin UmarJuly 2, 2025
2,647

Disappearing Migration Routes Fueling Farmer-Herder Violence in Northern Nigeria

Bello Ardo still remembers how they were sent away from Dapchi, a town in Yobe State, North East Nigeria. It…
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News

Alamin UmarJune 27, 2025
2,498

HumAngle Foundation Hosts Roundtable on Local Peacebuilding and Countering Online Extremism

In a bid to deepen local peacebuilding efforts and also confront the growing threat of online extremist propaganda, HumAngle Foundation,…
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Features

Alamin UmarJune 16, 2025
1,725

Climate and Conflict Are Straining Minds in Nigeria’s North East

Kaka Ali once came close to ending his life. The 27-year-old farmer, displaced by conflict in North East Nigeria, said…
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Investigations

Alamin UmarApril 30, 2025
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From Elephants to Warthogs: The Shadow Wildlife Trade Financing Boko Haram in Nigeria

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Under a tea seller’s makeshift shade in the Molai community in Borno…
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News

Alamin UmarApril 3, 2025
1,305

Escalating Violence in DR Congo Traps Millions in Desperate Conditions

The humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reached new extremes, with escalating violence displacing millions, the…
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