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One Girl’s Ordeal With Sexual Abuse, Teenage Pregnancy in Northeastern Nigeria
When Fatima Hassan* met Jamil at the Islamic and Arabic Study Centre in the Pompomari area of Damaturu, Yobe State,…
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A Cry for Help: One Woman’s Journey to Break Free from Domestic Abuse
*This story contains graphic content that may be disturbing to some readers. For over a decade, Jumoke Balogun has been…
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Kuchibuyi Explosion Raises Alarm Over Terrorism Threat in Nigeria’s Capital
The sun had barely risen that day in the quiet community of Kuchibuyi, a village in Bwari Area Council of…
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ISWAP’s ‘Tax’ System is Bleeding Farmers Dry in Northeastern Nigeria
Kaka Ali gripped the worn handle of his hoe with both hands, his fingers curling tightly around the smooth wood.…
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The Pains and Struggles of Nigeria’s Forgotten IDPs in El-Miskin Camp
Deep within the sprawling city of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, lies the El-Miskin camp, housing hundreds of internally…
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Reflections on HumAngle’s 2024 and Outlook for 2025
HumAngle continues to interrogate the fluid dynamics of the conflict landscape across Africa, particularly in the Lake Chad and Sahel…
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‘A Death Trap’: Commuters Frustrated Over Abandoned Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway Project
On a warm afternoon in April 2023, Audu Bala, a 50-year-old commercial driver, gripped the steering wheel of his car…
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Rural Communities in Nigeria’s Borno Struggle for Basic Amenities
Baba Aji Fariya, an elderly man with a weathered face and tired eyes, gazes down a sandy path leading out…
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Here Are Our Reporters’ Favourite 2024 HumAngle Stories
Almajiri Children Grow Old, Too. But What Happens When They Do? Almajiris in the Tandari community of Borno, northeastern Nigeria,…
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Prisoners and Correctional Officers Build Bridges through Chess in Nigeria’s Borno
In a rare sense of camaraderie, inmates and officers at the Maiduguri Medium Custodial Facility in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria,…
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