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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Departing IDPs Hopeful Yet Wary As Borno Commences Closure Of Muna Camp
The government of Borno state in northeastern Nigeria initiated the resettlement of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Muna, an unofficial…
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Displacement Crises In Burkina Faso, Cameroon Are World’s Most Neglected
For the second year in a row, the displacement crisis in the West African country of Burkina Faso has been…
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Months After She Was Trafficked To Egypt, This Young Nigerian Is Back To Square One
Funke* remembers what her life was like before she boarded a plane to Egypt. She earned a monthly average of…
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Nigerian Military Hands Over 350 Sambisa Forest Rescues To Borno Authorities
The Nigerian military, on Monday, May 20, handed over 350 individuals who had regained freedom from insurgent groups to officials…
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Malnutrition Is Affecting Displaced Mothers’ Ability To Breastfeed Newborns In Northeast Nigeria
Two weeks after Falmata Ibrahim gave birth, her body stopped making breastmilk for her baby. The baby would whine for…
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Nigerian IDPs’ Struggle To Keep A Roof Over Their Heads
Hajjara Habiba’s life has been a relentless cycle of displacement and hardship. Ten years ago, her world was upended when…
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Hunger, Unemployment … IDPs In North East Nigeria Rank Their Biggest Worries
The vast majority of internally displaced people in northeastern Nigeria have identified hunger and inadequate nutrition as their biggest concerns.…
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Neglected Elderly Women Sleep On The Streets After IDP Camp’s Closure In Borno
One morning about a year ago, when government officials arrived at the Kawar Maila makeshift camp to distribute relocation notices,…
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Nigerians Attacked By Cameroonian Militants Still Displaced Four Months After
Sunday Achue has been displaced from Belegete, a community in the Obanlikwu area of South-South Nigeria, since last year following…
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‘I Just Drink Water And Endure’: Ramadan In A Nigerian Displacement Camp
It was a little after 12 p.m. on a Thursday in late March. The scorching sun scalded through the thatched…
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