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Insurgents have killed at least seven people in a series of attacks on a temporary transit camp for resettled refugees in Mallam Fatori, a Nigerian town on the shores of Lake Chad. HumAngle has learned that the insurgents carried out three attacks between Friday and Saturday. The final death toll is not yet known, and […]
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A Nigerian soldier opened fire at a helicopter and stabbed a foreign aid worker on Thursday in Damboa town in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, according to a humanitarian source. The source informed HumAngle that the soldier went to the helipad and insulted the aircrew and humanitarians, “calling them all sorts of names.” The soldier […]
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Torrential rain has caused the Komadougou Yobe river to overflow its banks and pour into temporary shelters housing returning displaced people in Nigeria’s northeastern town of Mallam Fatori. The river, which discharges into Lake Chad, has flooded several Nigerian and Nigerien communities in the region. Mallam Fatori, the headquarters of the Abadam local government, was […]
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The Nigerian Military interrupted a midnight attempt by fighters from the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) to steal a number of vehicles from a humanitarian transport hub in Borno. The theft was unsuccessful but during the attack at least 19 vehicles used to transport aid were burned. The attack was on the depot […]
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Many of the people in the village couldn’t tell if the concrete structure was meant to be a culvert, or a wall. A culvert sits below the ground and channels surface water away. But, as HumAngle reported in September, this structure was well above ground, standing proudly in its dysfunction. It became a barrier to […]
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Two attacks in Kirawa and Benisheik towns in Borno, Northeast Nigeria in the past week led to the deaths of several members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and destruction of vehicles. “They burnt the Civilian Joint Task Force [CTJF] vehicle and commercial vehicle transporting people and their farm implements and stuff,” Mohammed Lawan, […]
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“Is this a wall or drainage? I don’t know” said Yafati Ali. Yafati Ali was reacting to a drainage and road project being constructed in her community, Bulabulin Garandam, in Borno, northeastern Nigeria. It is a project the people have yearned for a long time, and the state government has recently answered that call. The […]
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With the disappearance of her sister, Mairam Modu says she lost more than a sibling. She also lost a mother figure. “She was my inspiration and was always there with kind words of encouragement when I wrote my first university admission examination. She is someone who will sell her possessions to support me,” she explains. […]
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Modu Zarami* recently leased a farm in the villages surrounding Gajiram, a town in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria. Earlier this year, he and his brothers began preparing the farm for the rainy season. But, no thanks to lingering insecurity in the area, he would not be able to do this in his hometown of Guzamala, […]
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