Tag: North-East
16 days ago
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‘It Was A Game Changer’: HumAngle Fellowship Alumni Share Success Stories

In a significant move to promote accountability in public and private sectors across communities in North East Nigeri...

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28 days ago
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Shot 4 Times, A Survivor Recounts Harrowing Experience Of A Brutal Attack

The dusty roads of Nganzai local government area of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, are often filled with sounds o...

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about 1 month ago
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Malnutrition Is Affecting Displaced Mothers’ Ability To Breastfeed Newborns In Northeast Nigeria

Two weeks after Falmata Ibrahim gave birth, her body stopped making breastmilk for her baby.  The baby would whine fo...

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about 1 month ago
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Nigerian IDPs’ Struggle To Keep A Roof Over Their Heads

Hajjara Habiba’s life has been a relentless cycle of displacement and hardship. Ten years ago, her world was upended ...

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about 1 month ago
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Hunger, Unemployment … IDPs In North East Nigeria Rank Their Biggest Worries

The vast majority of internally displaced people in northeastern Nigeria have identified hunger and inadequate nutrit...

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about 1 month ago
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Security Agents Complain Of Inadequate Weapons Amid Boko Haram Attacks

Hunters and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Borno state, North East Nigeria, have complained about...

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about 2 months ago
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Nigerian Women In Conflict Zones Battle With Maternal Mortality Crisis

When it was time for Famata Hassan’s pregnant daughter to deliver her baby, violence struck again in the war-torn Bor...

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about 2 months ago
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Neglected Elderly Women Sleep On The Streets After IDP Camp’s Closure In Borno

One morning about a year ago, when government officials arrived at the Kawar Maila makeshift camp to distribute reloc...

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3 months ago
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Survivor Narrates Ordeal As Police Arrest Randy Lecturer In North East Nigeria

On March 4, the Nigerian Police arrested Adamu Garba Hudu, a Mental Health Psychiatric Nursing lecturer at the Al-Ma’...

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3 months ago
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Hardship Worsens As Fire Engulfs IDP Camp In North East Nigeria

On Tuesday, March 12, a fire outbreak at the Muna Kumburi displacement camp in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State,...

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4 months ago
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Breaking Barriers: Organisations Making A Difference For Women In Nigeria

Kaltume Adamu was one of those considered an expert in female genital mutilation by many mothers in her community in ...

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4 months ago
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Abandoned Public Hospitals Pushing Nigerian Villages Into Deadly Health Crisis

On the outskirts of Borno, North East Nigeria, Malamari village grapples with a dreadful healthcare system, causing d...

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4 months ago
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The Ignored Mental Health Crisis Among Men And Why It’s Dangerous

As a child growing up in Adamawa state, North East Nigeria, Jeremiah Garvin* was sexually assaulted many times. He hu...

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5 months ago
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Initiative Puts Roofs Over Displaced Persons’ Heads In Northeastern Nigeria

In 2014, victims of the Boko Haram insurgency kept arriving at St. Theresa’s Cathedral in Yola, northeastern Nigeria,...

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5 months ago
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Breathing Life Into Malnourished Children Using Local Knowledge, Products — One NGO’s Blueprint

Aisha Mohammed Maidala, a nutritionist and dietician, observed an unprecedented rise in malnutrition cases among disp...

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6 months ago
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Borno’s Displaced Remember What Christmas Was Like Before Insurgency

The Christmas preparations for the Daudas usually started in October. Since they had a rather large extended family, ...

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6 months ago
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Accused Of Aiding ISWAP Abduction, Borno Police Detains Three Men For Months Without Trial

When Babagana Kyari was arrested, his wife was pregnant, with her expected date of delivery only a few months away. B...

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about 1 year ago
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When Parents Don’t Press Charges Against The Men Who Raped Their Children

Three-year-old Deborah* was playing with her mates outside her home when one of her neighbours decided to take her fo...

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about 1 year ago
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Clinic Throws Survivors Of Violence A Lifeline In Nigeria’s Adamawa State

Glory Emmanuel Masai is the focal person for Hope Center Numan. Photo: Saduwo Banyawa/HumAngle. Zuwaira,* 13, became ...

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over 1 year ago
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Fear Of Stigma Silences Male Rape Victims

When Monsiri* was raped, he did something that was probably unusual for men his age - he told his mother. An indigene...

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over 1 year ago
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The Molestation Of Minors; From A Mother’s Perspective

With a rippling voice and tears welling up in her eyes, Benjamin Laman, 41, took our reporter through a torturous mem...

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