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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Cholera Outbreak Kills 30 Amid Improper Waste Management In Nigeria
At least 30 people have been confirmed dead across 96 local governments in 30 states of Nigeria as a result…
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Devastating Floods Across East Africa Displace Hundreds Of Thousands
Weeks of relentless rainfall have plunged East Africa into a state of emergency, affecting hundreds of thousands of people across…
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Hardship Worsens As Fire Engulfs IDP Camp In North East Nigeria
On Tuesday, March 12, a fire outbreak at the Muna Kumburi displacement camp in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State,…
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New Wave Of Cholera Outbreaks In Africa Despite Containment Measures
A few days before Christmas in 2008, 15-year-old Nigel Chigudu told UNICEF that he watched as his siblings struggled with…
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Thousands Afflicted As Measles Cases Surge In Maiduguri
Measles, a highly contagious viral disease, is causing alarm in communities in Maiduguri, North East Nigeria. In the last quarter…
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How Effective Is Nigeria’s Fire Service Despite Huge Allocations?
On June 7, 2022, the building where Bolanle Ajayi lived in Lagos, South West Nigeria, got engulfed in flames. It…
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Malaria Cases More Prevalent In Conflict-Ridden Regions Of Nigeria – MSF
The group said 30 per cent of deaths recorded globally due to malaria happen in Nigeria, a figure that makes…
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MSF Raises Concern Over Nigeria’s ‘Unprecedented Diphtheria Outbreak’
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an international medical aid organisation, has raised an alarm over an “unprecedented diphtheria outbreak” in Nigeria. …
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Severe Child Wasting Cases On Alarming Rise In Northeastern Nigeria
FHI 360, a nongovernmental healthcare organisation operating in North East Nigeria, has reported a significant rise in cases of severe…
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Almost 50% Of VVF Patients In Jigawa Are Women And Girls Below 20
During day 2 of a roundtable workshop organised by the international medical aid group, Medecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on ‘Reducing…
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