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The international humanitarian organisation, Medicine San Frontieres (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, has intensified its intervention in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria where children affected by the insurgency are dying of malnutrition. The organisation is currently using its 100- beds, hospital in Fori to attend to children affected by the insurgency. In a recent […]
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Governor Babagana Zulum Governor of Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, has condemned the attack on Magumeri General Hospital but stressed that the action would not hinder his administration’s reconstruction and the resettlement efforts. The governor spoke when he paid a sympathy visit to Magumeri, the headquarters of Magumeri Local Government Area of on Thursday. He directed […]
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The Borno State government in northeastern Nigeria, has received 94 persons rescued from Boko Haram captivity, including fighters who surrendered to the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) in the fringes of the Lake Chad region. Malam Isa Gusau, the Special Assistant, Media and Strategies to Governor Babagana Zulum, made fact known in a statement in […]
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Auno community in Borno state, northeast Nigeria, has been in the news almost as a pointer to the ruthlessness of the insurgents in the region. The community sits on the edge of the gateway into Maiduguri right on the highway between Dutse and Borno state capital city, and that road has been a prime target […]
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To commemorate the World Humanitarian Day, various non-governmental organisations, government agencies, and donor groups operating in Borno State have donated relief packages to Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in the state. The World Humanitarian Day was launched by the United Nations General Assembly in 2008 and has since been celebrated on August 19. The purpose of […]
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The environment where they dwell immediately raises the red flag on several health fronts. Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in most parts of Borno state are particularly more vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic than other segments of the population considering how they live in crowded unhygienic environments. The World Health Organization (WHO) advises that social distancing […]
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Jolted by the attack on the convoy of the Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Zulum, and a mortar attack on Maiduguri, the Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Idris El-Kanemi, and other residents in the state have called for divine intervention and new strategy to end the decade-old insurgency in the Northeast of Nigeria. El-Kanemi […]
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Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are particularly more vulnerable to the Covid-19 pandemic than many other groups, considering how they are cramped in camps with poor health facilities. The World Health Organization (WHO) advises that social distancing should be practised to minimise contacts that may lead to infecting others with the coronavirus. However, for a large […]
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Many single mothers in Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps or those taking refuge in host communities are widowed as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria’s Northeast region. Others are divorcees or single mothers whose husbands are missing, a HumAngle investigation reveals. However, whatever the circumstance for the women, it has been a […]
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Residents in parts of Maiduguri, Borno State capital are lamenting the loss of their properties to recent flooding. HumAngle reports that flooding has taken over some residential homes and parts of the Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps, displacing many of the residents. Some of the affected areas include Polo, Ngomari, Bakassi IDP camp, and […]
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Adama (not real name) was married at 13 and got pregnant at 14. She has never visited the hospital for antenatal or any form of medical care. Her case is the norm in Borno State, where she hails from. When HumAngle visited her, her eyes conveyed the pains that came from her fight with Vesicovaginal […]
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Adama Abubakar had tears rolling down her eyes as she recalled the trauma she had endured since Boko Haram abducted her about four years ago. While pregnant, she was separated from her family, raped, had her kidnapper-husband killed for being disloyal and eventually returned to her village with the child of an insurgent. Like other […]
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