Police investigating the murder of a Cameroonian journalist have arrested a prominent businessman and ally of the government. Amougou Belinga, the owner of a media company, and two others were detained in connection with the murder of journalist and regime critic Martinez Zogo. Zogo, Director of Amplitude FM was abducted on Jan 17, and his […]
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As it marks its diamond anniversary, Amnesty International has remained worried over human rights violations and growing insecurity in Nigeria. The London-based research and advocacy organisation said on Friday that the alarming escalation of attacks, kidnapping, and killings in the country shows the government’s “utter failure” to protect lives and properties. While it was founded […]
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An armed group suspected to be english-speaking separatist fighters Friday, March 26, attacked a United Nations humanitarian convoy in the village of Ikata in Muyuka subdivision of the Southwest region of Cameroon, HumAngle can report. A statement issued by Matthias Z. Naab, the United Nations Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs in Cameroon, on Sunday, April 4, […]
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Women Deliver, a global advocacy organisation, is mobilising 117 young Africans to advocate for gender equality on the continent through the 2020 class of its Young Leaders Program. In a statement shared with HumAngle on Thursday, it noted that the initiative, which started in 2010, is especially vital at this period because of how the […]
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After it came to light that one of its operatives in Plateau State had killed a 20-year-old boy early in May, the Nigerian Army declared the next day that the soldier only fired because he had mistaken the victim for a fleeing crime suspect. Multiple accounts later received from witnesses, however, show that it could […]
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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in collaboration with civil society groups and development partners, has developed an online platform that allows Nigerians to report incidents of human rights abuses while getting real-time responses from the commission. It made this public through a press statement obtained on Wednesday by HumAngle and said the aim of […]
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