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Whenever Abdul Mahmud speaks about the journey from Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, to southern Algeria, in North Africa, his voice carries a sense of loss and desperation. His handlers in Algeria promised him survival and hope, but both came wrapped in danger. Abdul learned to dig vigorously and endure gruelling conditions in Algeria’s illicit gold …
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The passageways of Maiduguri’s Moromoro market are swarming, as usual, and the cries of traders calling out the prices of their measures fills the air. But underneath the barking, another voice attracts attention – a middle-aged man waylays passing shoppers discreetly, gesturing at two sachets he has on a plastic mat. “Won’t you buy Tamoa …
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Out of desperation, Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Borno, Northeast Nigeria, are selling some of the foodstuff and non-food items donated to them to buy other essential items. The situation is made unavoidable as a result of institutional challenges in the humanitarian programmes, misplacement of priorities, as well as irregularities in the distribution of relief …
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Passing themselves off as Internally Displaced People (IDPs), members of host communities in Borno, Northeast Nigeria, are lining up for aid originally allocated to direct victims of the Boko Haram insurgency. Food, shelter, and other essentials of life have been the basic needs of IDPs since their influx into Maiduguri, Borno state capital, in 2014. …
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The Islamic State in West Africa Province’s series of attacks on electricity towers that supply power to Maiduguri has continued to disrupt normal business activities, leading to a surge in the cost of service delivery for the people in the capital city. Experts have offered several suggestions to the government as the people are eagerly …
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Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Bama, Northeast Nigeria, who were returned to their hometown, face harsh conditions almost no different from their previous troubles in Maiduguri displacement camps. In interviews with HumAngle, some complained of not getting food supplies for over a year despite huge government spending on resettling them, raising questions about possible gaps …
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At least 17 persons died and a dozen others were injured when a Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) fired by Boko Haram terrorists hit several locations within Maiduguri, Borno State capital, Northeast Nigeria. “We were preparing to say our Maghrib prayer when an RPG hit people near a mosque,” said Mallam Musa, a resident of Gwange Burburwa …
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As common with other states bordering neighbouring countries, petroleum products in Borno, Northeast Nigeria, have ready domestic and transborder markets, and frequent fluctuations characterise their prices. Although the neighbouring countries of Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic also produce petroleum, ‘the Nigerian PMS (premium motor spirit) lasts longer than our own,’ in the words of Abbas …
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Galmeri Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp in Maiduguri, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, was ravaged by fire early on Wednesday, destroying scarce resources belonging to people fleeing the Boko Haram insurgency. With an estimated population of about 5,000 displaced persons, the IDP camp is located near Custom House IDP camp along Gamboru Ngala road in Maiduguri, …
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Boko Haram’s breakaway terror group, the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP), has added online radio broadcasts to its range of propaganda channels, in a move likely aimed at persuading more people to join its ranks. Although the unprecedented launch of an online radio channel in Jan. 2021 depicts a departure from the group’s long-standing …
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Former Boko Haram members who have gone through the Nigerian government’s deradicalisation programme are continuously being reintegrated to their communities amidst passive rejection by locals. This is unfolding on the background of rejections on the grounds that many of them are going back to join their brethren in the bush, which indicates an underlying problem …
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Maiduguri Cattle Market which used to be one of the most flourishing livestock markets in West Africa is now a ghost of itself due to the over decade-long Boko Haram insurgency which continues to finish its influence. Almost all livestock supply routes to the market in the Lake Chad Region have closed and it struggles …
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