Environment & Climate Change
HumAngle’s Climate Desk researches, evaluates information about climate change, its characteristics, causes and impacts, and ways to mitigate it.
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How Repeated Flooding Is Worsening Child Malnutrition in Adamawa
Every Thursday, 35-year-old Fatima Sani joins hundreds of other women from neighbouring communities across Demsa, a local government area in…
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Deadly Gully Erosion in Niger State Despite Multi-Billion Naira Control Projects
Khadeejat Mohammed was only two years old when Mokwa’s gully erosion claimed her life in the Eti-Sheshi community of Niger…
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Help Is Coming: Following Up on Climate-Induced Crises in the Sahel
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Centre. For a long time, people in Bultu-Briya have lived in anguish; their…
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An Illicit Gold Economy is Pushing Desperate Nigerians into Southern Algeria
Whenever Abdul Mahmud speaks about the journey from Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, to southern Algeria, in North Africa, his voice…
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Mining in Adamawa Turns a Community’s Only Water Source into Poison
Blessing William crouched by the stream in Bole-3 at dawn, scrubbing pots and dishes. The water surface had a milky…
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The Plastic Collectors of Makoko
As Yusuf collects plastic from the floating streets of Lagos’ Makoko, memories of his wife bring home back to him.…
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In this Adamawa Community, Mountains Fall for Earnings to Rise
The easiest way to reach Savannah-Ngurore is to tell the cab drivers at the park that you’re headed to Wurin…
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Adamawa Farmers Bury Their Dead as Old Conflicts Flare Again
The midday sun blazed over Bare village, but the heat that lingered in the air was nothing compared to the…
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What Needs to Change in Nigeria’s Urbanisation for Frequent Floods to Cease?
In May, floods swept through Mokwa, a community in Niger State, North Central Nigeria, killing over 160 people — the…
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As Nigeria’s Forests Fall in the South, the Deserts Advance in the North
We want to tell a single story but follow three separate crises. One began deep in Cross River National Park,…
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