At the beginning of 2025, eight state governors from Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and the Republic of Niger gathered in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, to discuss regional security challenges and explore solutions for stability in the Lake Chad region. Almost a year later, those ambitions feel increasingly distant. Instead of stability, the region has slid deeper […]
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A Cameroonian soldier was killed and three others were wounded during a two-night attack by Boko Haram terrorists from 19 to 20 May. The assault occurred in Kerawa, a locality on the border with Nigeria, within the Kolofata sub-division of the Mayo-Sava division in the Far North region. A member of the local vigilante committee […]
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The ideological battlegrounds of northern Nigeria are disintegrating into a shadow war of self-interest, racial hierarchies, and fragmented loyalties. Once defined by rigid command structures, today’s extremist threat is unrecognised, more volatile, decentralised, and shaped by trauma, greed, and chaos spreading in the Sahel. Nowhere is this transformation more visible than in the Lake Chad […]
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Markaz: The centre of an emerging extremist movement Manzir Lawan was barely 14 when his parents enrolled him in Mohammed Yusuf’s Islamic school in 2007. They intended for their child to acquire Islamic knowledge. However, a twist of fate altered the course of young Manzir’s journey at Markaz in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria. Markaz was an […]
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As Mallami Abadam cast his final net on the evening of Feb. 3, he was ready to call it a day. Alongside two other fishermen, he prepared to leave the riverbank in Kindjindi, a community in Diffa, Niger Republic, when Boko Haram insurgents stormed the riverbank and took them hostage. Kindjindi borders Abadam in Borno […]
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There is a crisis in Nigeria, a smouldering fire of insecurity that has turned vast regions of the country—particularly the North and the Sahelian fringes—into conflict zones where violence has become an everyday reality. It has been five years since HumAngle was founded to document, analyse, and make sense of this as it threatens the […]
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The Lake Chad Basin, which straddles four neighbouring countries—Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria—continues to grapple with numerous challenges that undermine the region’s stability, despite ongoing efforts to stabilise the area. The 5th Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum, held from January 27 to 31 in Maiduguri, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, brought together eight governors from the […]
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has re-established its commitment to improving development and stability in the Lake Chad region through innovative financing mechanisms, territorial action plans (TAPs) and cross-border projects. Speaking at the 5th Lake Chad Governors’ Forum in Maiduguri, AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina, represented by Yaro Balde, Director of AfDB’s Transition States Coordination Office, […]
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The Governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, has called for a regional push toward large-scale irrigated agriculture to address the escalating food security crisis in the Lake Chad Basin. Speaking on the topic ‘Ensuring food security through building climate resilience of food systems in the Lake Chad Basin Region’ at the ongoing Lake Chad Basin […]
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Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has called for renewed commitment to regional cooperation and resilience as the Lake Chad Basin grapples with persistent insecurity and economic hardship. Speaking at the opening of the 5th meeting of the Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, acknowledged the progress […]
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As the global community marks the United Nations’ World Food Day event, Nigeria faces worsening food insecurity, with many more people experiencing severe hunger in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to the World Bank. World Food Day is an international day celebrated every Oct. 16 to commemorate the founding of the United Nations […]
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Food insecurity in northeastern Nigeria has reached alarming levels, with severe malnutrition rates surging as communities battle the devastating effects of climate change and ongoing conflict. In a statement on Tuesday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reports a 24 per cent increase in malnutrition cases at its supported healthcare facilities, with young […]
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