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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Nigeria’s Floods Leave A Trail Of Ruin And Heartbreak — Photo Essay (I)
Young Aliyu Abubakar wore his beret like a union leader and folded his trousers above his knees to keep them…
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Lake Chad: Flood Waters Inundate Isolated Nigerian Community
Torrential rain has caused the Komadougou Yobe river to overflow its banks and pour into temporary shelters housing returning displaced…
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Ebola: Over 50 Dead In Uganda
The Ebola virus has killed 51 people, including six health workers in Uganda. The toll has risen by 80 percent…
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Flood Ravages Homes, Worsens Food Insecurity In Sokoto Communities
When Muhammadu Muktari, 40, went out to see his mother, the heavy downpour that lasted for over 12 hours in…
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War, Drought And Flooding Make Plight Of Women And Girls In Ethiopia Worse
Women and girls are paying a “high price” in the many crises facing Ethiopia, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)…
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Over 13,000 Cholera Cases And 296 Deaths Reported So Far In Cameroon
Cameroon has recorded 13,096 cholera cases, and announced 276 people have died from the illness, the government announced this week.…
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Drowned Victims, Farm Losses: The Aftermath Of Nigeria’s Giant Floods
Aisha Mallam Baida, 57, was deep in mourning, her face swollen and submerged in sadness. She wept. It was the…
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Uganda Confirms New Cases Of Ebola Virus
There have been 19 newly recorded cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) confirmed across Uganda. 14 cases in Kampala,…
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Chadian Leader Declares State Of Emergency As Floods Displace More Than 1 Million Persons
The leader of Chad’s Transitional Military Council, General Mahamat Idris Deby Itno, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, signed a decree declaring…
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Farmers Tried To Protect Their Land From Floods, It Divided Communities
Even before the scientists were predicting torrential rains would cause devastating floods in many Nigerian states, Hadejia people knew that…
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