Development
HumAngle’s Development Desk monitors the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals.
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‘It Feels Like Fire Ants Are Stinging My Genital’
The fullness of Maryam Abba’s gruff voice shrinks to a whisper as she describes the itching and burning sensation she…
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A Skills, Literacy Initiative Is Giving Almajirai A Lifeline In Northern Nigeria
Khalifa Dankadai’s office is tucked into an alcove of a multicoloured school building he administers, directly across the busy intersection…
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African Countries Adopt Strategy To Transform Health Security, Emergency Response
Health ministers across five African countries have adopted an eight-year strategy aimed at containing the health and socioeconomic impacts of…
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‘We Depend On Rain For Water’: Residents In Ibadan Community Lament Scarcity
Salaudeen Safurat, 67, is one of many residents struggling to access potable water in the Mapo area of Ibadan, Southwest…
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Patients Complain Of Neglect At Nigeria’s Minna General Hospital
Around September last year, Maimuna Idris woke up at 3 a. m. bleeding and suffering a stomach ache. She was…
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Resettled IDPs In Borno Community Are Crossing To Cameroon For Potable Water
One of the consequences of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria is that families get separated across states ‒ and…
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Living In A ‘Critical State’: The Price Of A South African Town’s Dirty Water
Having spent much of his adult life working in the coal mines in Welkom, pensioner Hendrik Tlaudi says he now…
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Rising Insecurity Causing Schools To Shut Down In Nigeria’s Capital
Sekinat*, a second-year junior student at the Government Secondary School in the Bwari area of Nigeria’s capital, only prepared for…
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Maiduguri Flood Puts Displaced Residents At Risk Of Waterborne Epidemic
Days of torrential downpour have forced many residents in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, to temporarily evacuate from their flooded homes. Badly…
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‘A Tsunami Of Human Waste’ – Half Of South Africa’s Sewage Treatment Works Are Failing
When he was 13 years old, Rudy Hanse joined the guppy development programme offered by the Milnerton Canoe Club in…
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