Aliyu Dahiru

Aliyu is an Assistant Editor at HumAngle and Head of the Radicalism and Extremism Desk. He has years of experience researching misinformation and influence operations. He is passionate about analysing jihadism in Africa and has published several articles on the topic. His work has been featured in various local and international publications.

Armed Violence

Aliyu DahiruJanuary 21, 2026
1,757

Recent Homicides in Kano Reveal Gaps in Community Watch and Early Warning Systems

What Bashir Haruna would later remember was only the ordinariness of that cold morning. He had prepared to go out…
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Analyses

Aliyu DahiruJanuary 18, 2026
324

America’s War on Terror, Revisited

On December 25, 2025, the United States launched strikes on some specific targets in Sokoto State, northwestern Nigeria. Fired from…
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Analyses

Aliyu DahiruDamilola AyeniDecember 26, 2025
215

#HumAngle2025RoundUp: The Stories HumAngle Turned into Action in 2025

In 2025, HumAngle’s journalism did more than document suffering caused by conflicts in Nigeria, Congo, and Sudan, and other African…
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Analyses

Aliyu DahiruDecember 22, 2025
573

What JNIM’s Entry into Nigeria Means for Security in the Sahel

On the morning of Oct. 31, a short propaganda message began circulating across jihadist-aligned online channels. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin…
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News

Aliyu DahiruDecember 3, 2025
1,369

Why Terrorists Are Moving Into Kano Villages from Katsina

For years, the commercial hub of Kano stood apart in the insecurity-ravaged northwestern Nigeria. It is a state often spoken…
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Analyses

Aliyu DahiruOctober 30, 2025
1,627

Post-Election Violence Risks More Conflict in Fragile Cameroon

The streets have grown restless since Cameroon announced the results of its Oct. 12 presidential election, which returned 92-year-old Paul…
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Armed Violence

Aliyu DahiruOctober 28, 2025
2,602

The Terror Strategy Behind Fuel Shortages Crippling Mali

On a hot October morning, fuel pumps at a dozen service stations in Bamako, the capital of Mali, sputtered to…
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Featured

Aliyu DahiruOctober 24, 2025
2,652

Khartoum Was Home Until It Wasn’t

When conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Force (RSF) had reached its peak in early…
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Analyses

Aliyu DahiruOctober 1, 2025
3,783

How TikTok Fuels a New Wave of WhatsApp Scams in Hausa Language

When Mukhtar Dahiru saw a TikTok video promising he could make money on WhatsApp, he clicked without hesitation. Within days,…
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Featured

Aliyu DahiruSeptember 8, 2025
3,373

Punished Without Guilt, Released Without Support

Life can change with the smallest of gestures. For Abubakar Aminu, it was just a phone call. And with that,…
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