Analyses
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The Year I Almost Walked Away
In an African media landscape often praised from afar but punished up close, the real story of leading an independent…
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#HumAngle2025RoundUp: Stories HumAngle Reporters Enjoyed from the Newsroom in 2025
1. Boko Haram is Tracking and Assassinating Defectors in Nigeria’s North East. Here’s How by Usman Abba Zanna Surrendered terrorists…
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#HumAngle2025RoundUp: The Stories HumAngle Turned into Action in 2025
In 2025, HumAngle’s journalism did more than document suffering caused by conflicts in Nigeria, Congo, and Sudan, and other African…
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#HumAngle2025RoundUp: Here are Our Top 5 Investigations of the Year
The year started slowly. Then it moved fast. Many reporters at HumAngle wondered what 2025 would bring. But as the…
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#HumAngle2025RoundUp: Here are HumAngle’s 10 Most Read Stories of 2025
1. The Making and Unmaking of Abubakar Shekau – Ahmad Salkida (43,043) To understand the present and make corrections for…
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#HumAngle2025RoundUp: Our Editors Enjoyed These Stories This Year
Her Missing Son Returns In Her Dreams “I enjoyed editing several stories this year, but this one stayed with me…
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What JNIM’s Entry into Nigeria Means for Security in the Sahel
On the morning of Oct. 31, a short propaganda message began circulating across jihadist-aligned online channels. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin…
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#HumAngle2025RoundUp: HumAngle’s Top 10 Atypical Stories in 2025
1. The Making and Unmaking of Abubakar Shekau Abubakar Shekau, a founding leader of the Boko Haram terror group, killed…
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Borno’s Local Elections Marred by Apathy and Open Malpractice
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, was meant to be a pivotal civic exercise across Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, as residents were…
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Why Stability Remains Fragile in the Lake Chad Basin
At the beginning of 2025, eight state governors from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and the Republic of Niger gathered in Borno…
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