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Stories by Saduwo Banyawa, Mohammed Babangida Mafara, Al'amin Umar, Isah Ismaila, Johnstone Kpilaakaa

  • Simple structures with tin roofs and tarps on a grassy field under a cloudy sky.
    Saduwo Banyawa, Mohammed Babangida Mafara, Al'amin Umar, Isah Ismaila, Johnstone Kpilaakaa

    Nigeria’s Displaced Communities Risk Being Shut Out of Elections

    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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  • Debris of a collapsed building with corrugated metal sheets scattered on the ground under a clear sky. Trees are visible in the background.
    Saduwo Banyawa

    One Year Later, Lamurde Bears Scars Of Recurring Communal Conflict

    Labaran Kaduna says his son, Desire, was unlucky in life. Two months after Desire’s white wedding in Rigange, a small Bachama community in the Lamurde local government area of Adamawa State, northeastern Nigeria, his newly built house was burnt to the ground when the Tshobo and Bachama tribes first clashed in July, 2025. A year […]

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  • A bustling village scene with people gathered under a large tree, surrounded by houses and everyday items, depicted in colorful illustration.
    Saduwo Banyawa

    Renewed Violence in Southern Taraba Communities Shatters Peace Deal

    Joy Oga, a pregnant woman in her second trimester, was harvesting yams on her farm in Kwanta/Dooshima area when armed men attacked. The 31-year-old farmer had gone out with three others from her community on June 16 to harvest the farm she had been unable to reach since her village was invaded in September 2025. […]

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  • Healthcare worker measuring a child's arm circumference with a tape for nutritional assessment.
    Saduwo Banyawa

    How Repeated Flooding Is Worsening Child Malnutrition in Adamawa

    Every Thursday, 35-year-old Fatima Sani joins hundreds of other women from neighbouring communities across Demsa, a local government area in Adamawa State, northeastern Nigeria, to obtain Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) for her one-year-old malnourished daughter at the Demsa Primary Healthcare Centre. The mother of nine has made several trips to the centre to ensure her […]

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  • Collage of two boys: one rowing a boat, the other holding a net. Another boy stands with a stick, and a child repairs a motorcycle.
    Saduwo Banyawa

    Photo Essay: World Day Against Child Labour

    With this year’s theme as ‘Red card to child labour: Fair play for children, decent work for adults’, the campaign for World Day Against Child Labour advocates for stronger action on quality education, social protection, decent work, stronger laws and enforcement across the world, as well as other measures that address the root causes of […]

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  • Wire fish traps line a muddy riverbank in a grassy field under a clear blue sky.
    Saduwo Banyawa

    Shrinking Lake Threatens Livelihoods in Adamawa Amid Poor Management

    “Life was good back then. We had everything in abundance.” When Jummai Usman says this, she is anchoring herself to a version of Geriyo, a community in Yola, Adamawa State, in northeastern Nigeria, that younger generations in the area may never know. Born and raised on the shores of Lake Geriyo, she considers this place […]

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  • Burned motorcycle frames on the ground with people and intact bikes in the background.
    Saduwo Banyawa

    Terror on the Football Pitch: Adamawa Community Recount ISWAP Attack

    The referee blew the whistle a few minutes before 5 p.m., on April 26, to kick off the second half of a football game. The players re-emerged on the field, and the spectators once again gathered to witness the second round of the Guyaku Local Championship Football League in the Sabon Gari area of Guyaku, […]

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  • Journalist in a press vest reads notes amid scenes of conflict and displacement, with silhouettes of soldiers and refugees in the background.
    Saduwo Banyawa

    Should Journalists Financially Support Their Sources? HumAngle X Spaces Explores the Debate

    HumAngle Media, a Pan-African publication covering conflict, humanitarian, and development issues, held an X Spaces on Saturday, May 9, to discuss ethical dilemmas surrounding financial assistance to vulnerable sources, especially for journalists reporting from conflict zones and areas affected by humanitarian crises. The conversation was inspired by a recent HumAngle analysis examining the issue. Ahmad […]

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  • Yellow tuk-tuk parked outside a corrugated metal building, with colorful clothes hanging on a line, under a partly cloudy sky.
    Saduwo Banyawa, Mansir Muhammed

    The Adamawa Towns Emptied by Boko Haram Insurgency

    At the end of every farming season, farmers across Kwapre, an agrarian community in Hong Local Government Area (LGA) of Adamawa State in northeastern Nigeria, come together to mark an annual event. Known for their guinea corn farming, the men in Kwapre take turns harvesting each other’s farms. A date is fixed for each farmer, […]

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  • A group of people, including children, walk through a grassy field with cattle in the distance under a clear sky.
    Saduwo Banyawa

    Violence Erodes Adamawa’s Farmer-Herder Social Tradition

    The year was 1975. On a quiet afternoon in Bare, a farming community in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State, northeastern Nigeria, Clement Coleman sat beneath a neem tree with an old friend. Alhaji Sadiki, a herder from the nearby village of Sabewa, had come to visit. Clement had recently bought two calves, and […]

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  • People seated at a gathering, with one person attentively listening, hands clasped near their face.
    Saduwo Banyawa, Isah Ismaila

    #HumAngleAt6: Ahmad Salkida on Building Africa’s Conflict Reporting Newsroom

    When Ahmad Salkida first conceived HumAngle in 2014, the idea was audacious: build a newsroom dedicated to conflict reporting at a time when Nigeria’s media space was shrinking, resources were scarce, and insecurity was widespread. It would take six more years before that vision materialised. In 2020, HumAngle formally launched. Today, as the organisation marks […]

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  • Four people working on laptops at a conference table, focused and engaged in a meeting.
    Saduwo Banyawa

    #HumAngleAt6: Reflecting on Six Years of Conflict Reporting in Africa

    Every March 2, HumAngle Media marks its anniversary. This year, the award-winning newsroom turns six, a milestone for a publication that has dedicated itself to covering conflict, humanitarian crises, and development challenges across Africa. This year’s anniversary is marked by reflection and knowledge-sharing activities. On Monday, award-winning Irish investigative journalist Sally Hayden attended HumAngle’s editorial […]

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