Human Rights
HumAngle’s Human Rights Desk examines gross human rights violations such as extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances, and arbitrary arrests/detention. It also covers issues surrounding press freedom and monitors reports and activities of human rights organisations.
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Bound by Blood, Fighting to Death: The Cousin Tribes of Adamawa
When 55-year-old Muhammad Buba, a teacher at Boshkiri Primary School, left home on July 2, family and friends had no…
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Blockage of Biafra Memory Websites Highlights Disturbing Pattern in Nigeria
She did not know her mother was a Biafran refugee until she was about 18 years old. They were watching…
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The Journalists Hounded by Victims of Armed Violence They Cover
Taiwo Adebulu got a grip on the story he had always wanted to tell in Kebbi State, North West Nigeria.…
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Massacres in Border Communities Ignite New Terror Wave in Benue State
Doowuese Kohol*, a woman in her 70s, was fast asleep on the night of Saturday, June 13, after what she…
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Children’s Education Suffers as IPOB Fighters Infiltrate Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis
Nine years after the “Anglophone Crisis” in October 2016, violence has engulfed the northwestern and southwestern regions of Cameroon. The…
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Lost Homes, No Aid: The Forgotten IDPs Uprooted by Terrorists in North Central Nigeria
Musa Murjanatu, 40, was once a thriving trader in Niger State, North-Central Nigeria, where terrorists have taken roots for clandestine…
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In Kano, Criminal Networks Evading Surveillance Are Terrorising Some Villages
Musbahu Shanono used to love the journey home. There was something about that drive from Lagos to Shanono, something about…
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Haunted by Truth: Nigerian Journalists Caught Between Duty and Death
Though the pen is said to be mightier than the sword, there are times when the sword tries to silence…
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What Life Could Have Been for Leah Sharibu at 22
It’s May 14, so she posts a birthday photo on Instagram: a selfie in scrubs after a long hospital shift,…
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Strangled in Silence: The Unseen Forces Stifling Nigeria’s Press Freedom
Drawing from her experience as a survivor of sexual abuse in the university, Yemisi Adeoye*, found her voice in telling…
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