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Nigeria’s position on ransom payments rests on a sound principle: Every ransom paid strengthens criminal organisations by financing the purchase of more weapons, and encouraging more kidnappings. Every naira handed to kidnappers today may finance tomorrow’s abduction. Yet, another reality is far more uncomfortable. It is a reality experienced daily by families whose loved ones …
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Africa is burning, not metaphorically, but in measurable realities of conflict, collapse, and abandonment. Old wars refuse to end, new crises are born faster than diplomacy can name them, and the continent has become the gravitational centre of global disorder. This is not accidental. It is the consequence of a world order that has lost …
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Since April 2023, more than 12 million people have been displaced, nearly 9 million inside Sudan and over 3 million across borders. The United Nations now identifies Sudan as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with 25 million people facing acute food insecurity and famine conditions already recorded in multiple areas. These are not statistics; they …
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HumAngle has never covered a conflict on the scale of Gaza. None of our reporters has lived through bombardments that erase entire neighbourhoods, killing well over 60,000 people, including women and children. Yet as journalists documenting Africa’s wars — from the insurgency in Nigeria’s northeast to the grinding violence in the Lake Chad Basin — …
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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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What Shekau’s Death Means For Security In Nigeria, Lake Chad | Ahmad Salkida The life of one of the longest-reigning jihadi leaders was cut short in a violent coup led by his former mentees. Will his death lead to more violence in the region or can the Multinational Forces end the ensuing bloodbath? Muslim Clerics …
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Seven Years On, Blood From Giwa Barracks Massacre Yet To Dry | ‘Kunle Adebajo The Giwa Barracks massacre left a trail of injustice for the victims and damaging aftermath on those who survived. Seven years later, the Nigerian government remains silent on the incident. How PTDF Delays Undergraduates’ Scholarship For 2 Years | Abiodun Jamiu …
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Kunle Adebajo, Investigations Editor at HumAngle, on Thursday, Dec. 9, emerged winner of the online category of the 2021 Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting. Adebajo won the online category for his five-part series: The Deradicalised. Ibrahim Adeyemi of Foundation For Investigative Journalism (FIJ) and Taiwo Adebayo of Premium Times were first and second runner-ups. …
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In September, the United Nations marked its 75th Anniversary and the 21st day was the International World Peace Day but the guns of conflict seemed to have sounded loudest in areas of conflict across the globe with new fronts emerging. In Nigeria, as in other parts of Africa, where long years of conflict have left …
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As the campaign against terror in Nigeria’s Northeast and Northwest regions intensifies and guns going silent, albeit temporarily, new security challenges continue to manifest for the country’s military, particularly in the North Central Zone, where an age-long inter-ethnic and religious rivalry is creating political upheaval. While the gunfights persist, political and opinion leaders seek local …
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The month of July 2020, recorded a flurry of activities. As predicted by experts, the COVID-19 infection in Nigeria began to peak. By July 31, the number of confirmed cases had exceeded 42,000 against the background of controversies over the cure, such as posited by Dr Stella Immanuel’s claim of the use of hydroxychloroquine to …
Read MoreThe month of June, 2020, started on a frenzy in Nigeria with the rape of young women across the country sparking a public outcry over the crime, most of which are not reported. HumAngle reported different dimensions of the problem, including its origins and the need for justice for victims. In addition, HumAngle deeply explored …
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