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.

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Hauwa Shaffii NuhuMarch 15, 2022
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Parents Of Slain Dapchi Girls Insist Abduction Could Have Been Averted

On Feb. 19, 2018, at around 5:30 p.m., militants of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) arrived at Govt.…
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Armed Violence

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuMarch 6, 2022
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Terrorists Taking Advantage Of Starvation To Recruit IDPs In Borno

It was true that Falmata’s husband had strayed too far into the forest in his search for firewood to bring…
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Displacement & Migration

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuAishat BabatundeMarch 1, 2022
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#AfricansInUkraine: Stranded Nigerians, Other Africans Continue To Face Multi-layered Horrors

When the wail of an air raid siren sounded overnight on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022, Jessica Orakpo jolted to wakefulness…
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Features

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuFebruary 26, 2022
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A Walk Through Sex, Drugs, And Despair With Women In Kano

The road, flanked by several brothels, is brought alive by chattering and casual swearing from young people, the sound of…
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Displacement & Migration

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuFebruary 22, 2022
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As Borno Domesticates Nigeria’s VAPP Act, What Does It Mean For Displaced Women?

For women like Falmata, reportedly raped first by terrorists while in abduction, and then allegedly by soldiers of the Nigerian…
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Features

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuFebruary 21, 2022
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The Agony Of A Mother Whose Son Died From Drug Addiction

On the morning of the day Suleiman Yahaya died, he had been singing the lines of popular Nigerian song ‘Sweet…
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Features

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuFebruary 18, 2022
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Terror: A 10-Year-Old’s Journey Into Adulthood With Drug Addiction

In retrospect, Terror should have known it was a trap. His father asking him to come along to help bring…
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Features

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuJanuary 15, 2022
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Surviving Hell (6): From A Harrowing Detention Cell To An Unfamiliar Home

While Baana Alhaji Ali was in detention, the officials at Giwa barracks where he was held would move from cell…
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The Crisis Room

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuMurtala AbdullahiJanuary 4, 2022
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Nigeria’s Security Environment In 2021 And Outlook For 2022

Today on the podcast, we are joined by Kabir Adamu, a security expert and the Managing Director at Beacon Consulting…
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Features

Hauwa Shaffii NuhuDecember 28, 2021
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Surviving Hell (5): Women Experience War Differently

A woman, dark-skinned and nose-ringed, sits on an old mat wearing a hijab, as she weaves a threaded needle in…
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