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.

Armed Violence

Alamin UmarDecember 30, 2024
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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
2,340

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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News

Alamin UmarDecember 9, 2024
2,944

US Ambassador Calls for Strengthened Healthcare, Accountability, and Human Rights to Drive Nigeria’s Sustainable Development

Progress in healthcare, anti-corruption, and human rights is essential to Nigeria’s growth, according to Ambassador Richard M. Mills, the U.S.…
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News

Alamin UmarDecember 8, 2024
2,715

Rising Malnutrition in Northwest Nigeria: MSF Warns of Worsening Crisis

The malnutrition crisis ravaging children in northwestern Nigeria has reached “extremely critical” levels, with over 30 per cent of under-five…
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Armed Violence

Alamin UmarDecember 5, 2024
2,894

Farmers and Fishers in Nigeria’s North Caught between State and Non-state Attacks

The call connected after a few rings, and his voice emerged, low and steady over the soft hum of mourners…
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News

Alamin UmarNovember 27, 2024
3,299

HumAngle Investigation Shines at West Africa Journalism Awards Ceremony

A HumAngle investigation, authored by Kúnlé Adébàjò, was announced runner-up of the Best Fact-check category in West Africa category at…
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Analyses

Alamin UmarNovember 22, 2024
3,411

Over 25 Million Face Hunger in Sudan Amid Global Inaction

Sudan is on the brink of a catastrophic humanitarian disaster as ongoing conflict plunges the North African nation into unprecedented…
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News

Alamin UmarNovember 14, 2024
3,258

HumAngle Report Wins Global Journalism Award

An investigation published by HumAngle has won the Kavli Science Awards, organised by the American Association for the Advancement of…
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Analyses

Ibrahim AdeyemiMansir MuhammedAlamin UmarNovember 12, 2024
9,979

Mapping the Dangerous Enclaves of Lakurawa Terrorists in North West Nigeria

Authorities in Sokoto called them a new terrorist group, even though they had existed for more than six years. When…
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Analyses

Alamin UmarUsman Bashir AbubakarNovember 10, 2024
3,956

Leveraging COP 29 for Climate Actions in Nigeria’s Frontline Communities

Aja Bukar had just returned from his farm when we met him at his home in Auno, a small village…
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