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, Measles Kill 252 Persons In Nigeria’s Borno
A total of 178 persons have died of cholera infection in Borno state, Northeast Nigeria since July this year, according…
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Over 1,500 Confirmed Cases Of Cholera In Northeast Nigeria
Over 1,500 confirmed cases of cholera had been recorded in Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa in Northeast Nigeria between January and…
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Ebola: Deaths Increase In Uganda As President Rules Out Lockdown
On Wednesday, Sept. 28, Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, ruled out lockdown as a containment measure for the outbreak of Ebola…
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Flood Erodes Kano Farmlands As Reports Show Bleaker Future Across States
Ubale Tsoho was eager for harvest day. To ensure everything was okay on his farmland on the outskirts of Burji,…
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Malnutrition Fast Becoming A Crisis In Northwest Nigeria – MSF
As the malnutrition crisis continues to unfold to catastrophic levels in Northwest Nigeria, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is calling on…
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Cameroon Borrows 30 Million US Dollars To Fight Floods In National Capital
The government of Cameroon this week signed two loan agreements with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to the tune of…
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Authorities In Borno Seek External Help As Cholera Kills Over 50 Persons
At least 43 persons have died in recent weeks as cholera outbreak ravages eight communities in Borno state, Northeast Nigeria,…
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Ebola Virus Disease Resurfaces In Uganda
Authorities in Uganda, East Africa, have declared an outbreak of the Ebola disease virus in the country. World Health Organisation…
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Deaths Recorded As Cholera Breaks Out At Surrendered Boko Haram Camp
Several deaths have been recorded in the last two days as a cholera outbreak hit one of the camps where…
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Kontagora: The Agony Of North-central Nigeria’s Flood Victims
“My farm is gone, and my businesses are gone. Only God can come to my aid now.” Haruna Mudi, a…
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