As Yusuf collects plastic from the floating streets of Lagos’ Makoko, memories of his wife bring home back to him. Together, they used to attend wedding parties in Makoda, Kano State, North West Nigeria, where he grew up and worked on his father’s rice farm before kidnappers changed everything. He remembers them as masked, armed […]
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Bello Gambur dreads going to the stream before 2 p.m. Every morning, he leaves home with a herd of over 30 cattle, with his staff slung across his shoulders as they head into the bush. For about five hours, he watches them as they graze, rest, and wander, but none can drink. The only stream […]
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In May, floods swept through Mokwa, a community in Niger State, North Central Nigeria, killing over 160 people — the deadliest single flood incident in the country this year. Entire families were wiped out as homes, schools, and farmlands vanished under torrents of muddy water. More than 3000 people were displaced, according to local authorities. […]
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Aminu Ishaku now earns a living as a commercial motorcyclist in Abuja. His family has five hectares of land in Chadari, a farming village in Kano State’s Makoda Local Government Area, North West Nigeria, where they once planted maize, sorghum, and millet, crops that fed and earned them some money. Until 2021, the land never […]
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The Central African Republic (CAR) soldiers arrested 16 Cameroonians allegedly caught amid illegal logging in the country’s forest on Feb. 1. The arrest, which some have tagged ‘abduction’, has created palpable tension among authorities of CAR and Cameroon. The 16 loggers were in a forest on the Cameroonian side of the border felling trees and […]
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Aja Bukar had just returned from his farm when we met him at his home in Auno, a small village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, North East Nigeria. His 16-hectare farm field is half-cultivated due to severe drought and financial strain. “It was very bad last season,” he recalled. “We planted a bag of rice […]
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Bukar Zarami, a seasoned farmer from the Gongulong community, Jere Local Government Area of Borno, is one of those severely affected by the devastating floods that swept through the northeastern state of Nigeria on Sept. 10. With over three decades of farming experience, Bukar told HumAngle that he has never witnessed a flood of such […]
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The Gu rainfall in Somalia, East Africa, has brought unprecedented downpours, resulting in mass destruction. The usually replenished agriculture, livestock sustenance, and water resources during this season have been disrupted, after heavy rains swept through communities. The Gu rains is a Somalian term for seasonal rainfall occurring between April and June. It has, however, brought […]
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It was a cold Tuesday morning in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria. Shop apprentices, owners, and traders were opening their businesses in the Babban Layi area, a commercial hub in the heart of the city. Most traders here deal in new and used electronics, and their daily rituals marked the start of another busy day. Among them, […]
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Yagana Bukar, a 44-year-old widow from Kukareta, a rural community in Damaturu, Yobe state, northeastern Nigeria, relies entirely on farming to sustain her family. “My late husband left me with eight children, and currently, six of them are in school,” she told HumAngle. For Yargana, farming is not just a job but a lifeline. However, […]
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Tears, sorrow, destruction and displacement hit thousands of people following the disastrous flooding that nearly swallowed towns and villages of Maiduguri and the Jere local government areas of Borno State, North East Nigeria. The flood swept through communities and left disturbing trails of ruins in the affected areas. It sparked intense debate over its causes, […]
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More than 70 persons, mostly farmers, were aboard a boat that capsized yesterday at the Mashayar Dantauri river bank in the Gummi town of Zamfara, North West Nigeria. The unfortunate incident happened on Saturday, Sept. 14, around 9:45 a.m., as hundreds of people queued to cross to the other side of the river. The passengers […]
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