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Featured
The Singa Market Fire in Kano That Left Dreams in Ashes
How do you comfort a man who has just watched years of his life turn to smoke? Sulaiman Mustapha remained…
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The Defiant Health Worker Targeted to Treat Injured Terrorists in Zamfara
On 15 different occasions, terrorists trailing Amiru Bala failed to capture him. They succeeded on their 16th attempt in the…
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Armed Violence
The People Left Behind After Kaduna Church Abductions
A bowl of leftover pap saved Audu Gimba* from being abducted, but his wife, children, and relatives were not as…
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Armed Violence
Recent Homicides in Kano Reveal Gaps in Community Watch and Early Warning Systems
What Bashir Haruna would later remember was only the ordinariness of that cold morning. He had prepared to go out…
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Asure: The Women Showing Financial Resilience Through Cultural Feasts in Jigawa
The harvest season is a moment of festivity in Medu, a Hausa farming community in the Gagarawa Local Government Area…
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Investigations
The Performative US Airstrike That May Have Killed No Terrorists in Nigeria
In the evening, moments before the United States’ aerial operation in northwestern Nigeria, a helicopter hovered above the perimeters of…
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Armed Violence
Mass Displacement Looms in Northwest Nigeria Following US Airstrikes, Misinformation
When the explosive devices from the US airstrike landed in Birkini, a satellite village in Jabo town, Sokoto, North West…
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Armed Violence
The US Launched an Airstrike in Northwestern Nigeria. Here’s How it Went
A few locals gathered in an open area around 10 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 25, when they saw a projectile…
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Disinformation
Fact-Check: Trending Photos of Nnamdi Kanu in Prison Uniform Are AI-generated
Multiple photos have shown Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in an awkward prison setting,…
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Armed Violence
Portraits of Grief: Inside Abducted Kebbi Girls’ School after Brutal Terror Attack
The terror struck in the wee hours of Monday, Nov. 17, shattering the quiet of the Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary…
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News
Mass Abduction at Girls’ Secondary School in Kebbi State
Terrorists have launched an early-morning attack on the Government Girls’ Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga, in the Danko Wasagu Local Government…
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News
MSF, Katsina Government, Others Mobilise Action Against Malnutrition Crisis in Nigeria
In July, the humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) revealed that Nigeria’s northwestern region is facing an alarming malnutrition crisis,…
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Khartoum Was Home Until It Wasn’t
When conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Force (RSF) had reached its peak in early…
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The Hidden Sexual Violation Crisis Faced by Female Patients in Nigeria
Advisory: Some readers might find this story distressing as it details experiences of sexual violence. Mardiyyah Hussein* had not yet…
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Armed Violence
Pushing Through a Decade of Armed Violence in North West Nigeria
After terrorists chased her from her home in Lungu village of Sokoto State, Saratu now sits in Jabo town, devastated…
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Featured
Punished Without Guilt, Released Without Support
Life can change with the smallest of gestures. For Abubakar Aminu, it was just a phone call. And with that,…
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Features
Once Landowners, Farmers in North West Nigeria Now Toil on Terrorists’ Farms
Isa Adamu’s voice carries both resignation and fury. “Insecurity has really affected our agricultural productivity,” the 45-year-old farmer told HumAngle…
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Analyses
After Katsina Mosque Attack, Familiar Question Returns: Do Peace Deals Work?
The first call to prayer in Malumfashi, northwestern Nigeria, was barely finished when gunmen stormed the Unguwan Mantau area. It…
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