Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu

Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu is the Managing Editor at HumAngle. She researches and investigates terrorism & insurgency and its human cost and aftermath, particularly how they affect transitional justice issues, displacement, migration, and women. She is a 2023 Pulitzer Centre grantee, a 2023 International Women Media Fund awardee, and a 2022 Storify Africa fellow, among several others.

News

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuMarch 2, 2025
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#HumAngleAt5: HumAngle Strengthens Governance with New Advisory Board Appointments

HumAngle has appointed a new advisory board, bringing together leading voices in journalism, media innovation, human and digital rights, security,…
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Armed Violence

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuFebruary 5, 2025
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Falmata’s Killer Flees as Authorities Search Following HumAngle Investigation

HumAngle has confirmed that Awana Lawan Umar, the individual implicated in the tragic death of his 17-year-old niece, Falmata, has…
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Featured

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuDecember 22, 2024
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Here Are Our Reporters’ Favourite 2024 HumAngle Stories

Almajiri Children Grow Old, Too. But What Happens When They Do? Almajiris in the Tandari community of Borno, northeastern Nigeria,…
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Podcast

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuDecember 6, 2024
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Her Husband Wants Her to Come to Sambisa with Him

VOV 118: Her Husband Wants Her to Come to Sambisa | RSS.com This podcast episode follows Maijiddah, a returnee in…
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Investigations

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuNovember 18, 2024
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A Tragic Femicide Case in Northeastern Nigeria Smells Like Honour Killing

Yakaka Alhaji Aisami did not know it when she woke up that morning in April this year, but two things…
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Podcast

Adejumo KabirHauwa Shaffii NuhuOctober 29, 2024
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The Price of Pleasure

The Price of Pleasure | RSS.com According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), human trafficking is one of the biggest…
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Impact

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuOctober 7, 2024
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What Does 11 Years in Military Detention Do to a Woman?

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Somehow, in all the 11 years she spent in detention at the…
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Podcast

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuSeptember 18, 2024
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Special Podcast Episode: Revisiting The Mass Graves

Special Podcast Episode: Revisiting The Mass Grave | RSS.com Nigeria has a missing persons problem. This is no news. But…
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Gender & SGBV

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuSeptember 2, 2024
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Her Husband Promised To Either Kill Or Cripple Her. Hours Later, He Accomplished One.

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… On the day Huraira Buba now recognises as her last day with…
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Features

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuJune 14, 2024
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In Health And In Labour

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… By Hadiza’s estimation, the baby wasn’t due until about three weeks. So…
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