Displacement & Migration
HumAngle’s Displacement and Migration Desk features a weekly and monthly release of analysed insecurity-related data, with a special focus on killings and abductions.
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Daily Abductions Leave Borno Farmers Terrified as Harvest Peaks
Aisha Waba’s hands moved quickly through the rows of beans as she harvested under the midday sun at her farm…
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The Plastic Collectors of Makoko
As Yusuf collects plastic from the floating streets of Lagos’ Makoko, memories of his wife bring home back to him.…
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Fact Check: False ‘Terrorist Hideout’ Coordinates in Benue Risk Turning Civilians into Targets
When an X user, who goes by Chibuenyi (Don Machiti), announced that he had obtained “coordinates of [terrorists] hideouts” and…
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Tension as Mass Displacement Trails Local Militia Clashes in DR Congo
Scores of locals were uprooted from their households following clashes between the Wazalendo militia and the Twirwaneho group in several…
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Widowed by Boko Haram, Swept by Floods, but She Refused to Sink
The 300 metres separating Aisha Ali’s new house from the old farmhouse may seem short, but it represents the long…
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In Borno, IDPs Confront New Difficulties after Escaping Boko Haram
Earlier this year, Ya Jalo Mustapha stayed with her two sons, Ali and Bor, in Njimiya, a village in Sambisa…
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What’s Left of Benue State’s Deserted Communities?
The paths that lead home are now silent. But it wasn’t always like that. Years ago, weekdays in Tse Torkula…
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Khartoum Was Home Until It Wasn’t
When conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Force (RSF) had reached its peak in early…
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Adamawa IDPs Remember Home After a Decade Away
Life was good in Madagali. There was food, good shelter, and a large farm for 45-year-old Milcha Lazarus. But this…
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Climate Shocks, Governance Gaps and the Refugee Crisis in the Sahel
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Centre. Yusuf Abdullahi stood beside the only well left in his town, its…
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