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For many artisanal miners in Plateau State, Nigeria, the search for a livelihood now comes with the constant risk of armed attack, as violence spreads across the state’s mineral-rich communities.
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Twenty-year-old Ahmadu Adamu has waited four years to vote. He still cannot. He lives in Malkhohi displacement camp in Yola South, Adamawa State, in northeastern Nigeria, where he has spent nearly half of his life after fleeing his home in Madagali, a local government bordering Borno State and Cameroon, in 2015 at the age of […]
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Wrapped in a black cloth stained with her own blood, a three-month-old baby in a light green shirt was lowered into a grave beside eight other members of her family. They had all been killed in an overnight attack on Kum, a village in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, in North Central Nigeria. […]
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The last time Abdullahi Alabi heard from his friend, Oluwafemi Adeyemo, it was a voice note. “I dey Terminus… I sey make I update you,” his friend said in Nigerian Pidgin. He was restocking his foodstuffs at the market, but he never came back. Abdullahi and Oluwafemi had been friends and coursemates since they came […]
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It was just past 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, when Allwell Nelson was abducted from her family residence in Dong, a community in Jos North Local Government Area (LGA), Plateau State, North Central Nigeria. She and her niece had just finished bathing and were in their pyjamas, settling down to watch a film […]
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Sunday evenings are usually a beehive of commercial activity at Angwan Rukuba Junction, but it turned deadly on March 29, at around 7:45 p.m., when assailants opened fire on people at random in the area, located in Jos North Local Government Area (LGA), Plateau State, in North Central Nigeria. Eyewitnesses gave differing accounts of the […]
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The terrorists struck on a day the people of Abande know by heart. Every five days, the settlement in Mbaikyor Ward, Turan district, hosts a market that draws traders from across Benue State, in Nigeria’s North Central, neighbouring Taraba State, and the Republic of Cameroon, which is less than a day’s walk away. Abande Market […]
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HumAngle Foundation, a sister organisation of HumAngle Media, has convened 17 peacebuilding actors, including civil society organisations, government institutions, and security agencies, for a two-day multi-stakeholder roundtable on local peacebuilding efforts in Plateau State, North Central Nigeria. The roundtable, supported by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), was held from February 5 to 6 in […]
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1. The Making and Unmaking of Abubakar Shekau Abubakar Shekau, a founding leader of the Boko Haram terror group, killed himself with a suicide vest four years ago at his base in Sambisa, during an attack by ISWAP, an offshoot of his group. Through archived materials and interviews with over ten individuals, including former associates, […]
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Ruya Auta, the Nigerian police officer who shot and killed 20-year-old Rinji Bala on May 13, 2020, has been sentenced to death by hanging or lethal injection. The sentence was delivered at a High Court in Jos, Plateau State, in North Central Nigeria, on Monday, Dec. 8. Ruya was attached to Operation Safe Haven (now […]
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Every day, journalists covering conflict and humanitarian issues worldwide navigate significant risks to document the experiences of affected communities. HumAngle, Africa’s leading conflict, humanitarian, and development media organisation, convened community advocacy actors, journalists, media professionals, and stakeholders for the HumAngle Showcase, its annual immersive event, on Saturday, Nov. 29, in Abuja, North Central Nigeria. “By […]
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When an X user, who goes by Chibuenyi (Don Machiti), announced that he had obtained “coordinates of [terrorists] hideouts” and published one of them — 6°57′19″ N, 9°20′53″ E — he framed it as part of a broader mission to expose terrorism across Nigeria. Within 72 hours, the post had been viewed more than 530,000 […]
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