Emergencies
HumAngle’s Emergencies Desk focuses on emergencies such as disease outbreaks, flooding incidents, natural disasters, post-election violence, breaking reports of large-scale abductions/ killings, and so on.
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Photo Essay (I): No Way Home For Locals Uprooted By Disastrous Maiduguri Floods
Tears, sorrow, destruction and displacement hit thousands of people following the disastrous flooding that nearly swallowed towns and villages of…
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Severe Floods Worsen Humanitarian Crisis In The Sahel And Lake Chad Region
The Sahel and Lake Chad region, already grappling with the devastating impacts of conflict, displacement, and climate change, is now…
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Flood-Affected Food Items In Maiduguri Pose Serious Health Risks, Experts Warn
In the wake of the tragic floods that have swept through Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria since last week, swallowing humans…
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Maiduguri Flood: Dozens Still Trapped And Missing As Rescue Efforts Intensify Amid Fatalities
Two days after severe flooding hit Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in northeast Nigeria, rescue operations are battling against…
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Flood-Related Prison Break In Maiduguri: Many Inmates Still Missing
Facts are beginning to emerge following an alleged flood-induced prison break on Tuesday that saw more than 400 inmates escape…
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Siblings Drown In Illegal Excavation Pool In Nigeria’s Borno, Community Demands Gov’t Actioni
The village of Jibrinti in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, is in mourning after the tragic deaths of two siblings, Amma-Zarah…
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Flooding Displaces Thousands in Nigeria’s Maiduguri, Forcing School Resumption Delay
In the wake of severe flooding caused by overflowing dams, thousands of displaced residents in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, are seeking…
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A Kidney Failure Crisis Is Ravaging Households In Nigeria’s Yobe State
For over 30 years, 56-year-old Ibrahim Ali has made his living as a fisherman on the River Gashua, Yobe State,…
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Wild Poliovirus Detected In Nigeria’s Borno Four Years After Eradication
Four years after the World Health Organization declared Nigeria wild poliovirus-free, a related case has been detected in Borno State,…
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Hope Fades For Sokoto Farmers As Perennial Flooding Destroys Farmlands
The unusual roars of the cloudy sky over the village of Tsitse chiselled a warm smile on Salihu Yakubu’s face.…
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