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When gunshots rang out on a Friday in Nov. 2015, Adamu Auta thought they were fireworks. But when he saw his people who were in a procession to mark Ashura, a Shiite holy day, running from their place of rest in Dakasoye village along the Kano-Zaria expressway in Northwest Nigeria, he knew danger lurked within. …
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The killing of African migrants who attempted to cross over to Spain at a Moroccan border has sparked outrage in Africa over dehumanisation. A Spanish NGO said at least 37 migrants died in the unprecedented violence, but Moroccan authorities maintained only 23 migrants died. The victims, who were shot at close range by Moroccan police …
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The humanitarian crisis in Northeast Nigeria may become direr if aid funding requirements are not met as the country enters the lean season, Matthias Schmale, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, said. Over eight million people require humanitarian assistance in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) states that have faced the 12-year-old …
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The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, called for more efforts to end the global displacement crisis as the number of people uprooted from their homes due to conflicts and climate emergencies is rising. During the launch of his Action Agenda on Internal Displacement on Friday, June 24, Guterres said the duty to end displacement lies …
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The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) says little attention is paid to the violence in Africa’s Sahel region despite its potential to drive more refugees into Europe. Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said crises and conflicts in places like Myanmar, Syria, and Ukraine had driven over 100 million people to leave their …
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HumAngle’s Managing Editor, Anita Eboigbe, has won an award at the closing ceremony of the 2021 Female Reporters Leadership Programme – also known as the Report Women programme – organised by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ). The award was announced on Thursday, June 9 in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. Eboigbe was honoured for …
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The Government of Norway is reportedly planning to reallocate its development funds to support more in-donor refugee costs. The in-donor refugee costs are being used to accommodate refugees from Ukraine amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. But the move has raised concerns over a diversion of funds from existing commitments in low-income countries like Nigeria. In …
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At least 37,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in North Kivu province as renewed fighting between the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) and M23 rebels entered the fourth day. The violence, which began on Sunday, May 22, has spread to Nyiragongo —the site of a devastating volcanic …
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At least 1,673 farmers displaced by the insurgency in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, have benefited from an intervention by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Rounding off the six-month intervention in Maiduguri, Borno’s capital, on Wednesday, May 25, Tonny Villy, the NRC Area Manager, Area North office, said the project was necessary to scale up livelihood …
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The Sokoto State Government in Northwest Nigeria has imposed a 24-hour curfew to control Muslim youths protesting for the release of suspects arrested in the killing of Deborah Samuel, a 200-level Home Economics student at Shehu Shagari College of Education. The protest began early on Saturday, May 14, 2022, with teeming youths holding banners and …
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Conflict in Northwest Nigeria displaced some 1,912 people between May 2 and 8, 2022, according to the latest figure by the United Nations’ Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM). According to the DTM, armed groups carried out a series of attacks in two Northwest states — Zamfara and Katsina, burning down houses and killing up to 61 …
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Aid materials, including medical supplies, are insufficient to sustain life in conflict-ridden Tigray, Northeast Ethiopia, despite a humanitarian cease-fire reached in March, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. Ghebreyesus said not enough supplies were reaching Tigray where the fighting between Ethiopian government forces and the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation …
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