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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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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Plateau Building Collapse: Death Toll Rises To 22, 58 Hospitalised As Gov’t Orders School Closure
Twenty-two children have been confirmed killed in a two-storey building that collapsed at Saints Academy in Jos, north-central Nigeria on…
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Hours Later, Rescue Efforts Still Underway At Collapsed Plateau School Building
An unconfirmed number of students have died and dozens injured following the collapse of a two-storey building at Saints Academy…
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Open Defecation, Poor Sanitation Widespread Amid Nigeria’s Cholera Epidemic
It’s been three years since Adebayo Alamu, a vulcaniser, relocated to Ibadan, capital of Oyo State in South West Nigeria…
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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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