The latest incident of drone interception, when Somali National Army (SNA) forces shot down two reconnaissance drones in the Ceel Dheer district of Galgaduud region on Feb. 15, adds to a pattern of terrorists in Africa using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for their operations. This was not the first time Al-Shabaab’s use of drones would […]
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Ya Hindi’s troubles started eight years ago when she, alongside her family, was dislocated from Kodo in Borno state when the Boko Haram insurgency first broke out. Like many women, her husband went missing as they attempted to flee their village for the capital city, Maiduguri. His whereabouts since then have been unknown, but according […]
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On Wednesday, Sept. 28, Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni, ruled out lockdown as a containment measure for the outbreak of Ebola in the country. This followed a rise in fatalities, with five confirmed and 19 other deaths linked to the deadly hemorrhagic fever. The east African country’s Ministry of Health reports that as of Sept. 25th, […]
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Authorities in Uganda, East Africa, have declared an outbreak of the Ebola disease virus in the country. World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that the declaration was made on Tuesday, Sept. 20, after The Uganda Virus Research Institute confirmed a case of the Sudan strain of the virus in Mubende district, a region located in the […]
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Many Nigerians have been rendered helpless at the Banki Internally Displaced Camp (IDP) in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, as a result of heavy rainfall and release of water from a dam in Cameroon, Central Africa. The development, according to Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) assessment carried out by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in late […]
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Adolescent girls in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno say they face the fear of sexual violence and trafficking, which terrified them the most, according to a recent needs assessment published by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health needs assessment report involving 270 women and adolescent girls […]
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The Nigeria Youth Futures Fund (NYFF), a youth-based organisation, has announced the commencement of recruitment for its youth fellowship, the Imaginative Futures Working Group (IFWG), which is supported by LEAP Africa, MacArthur Foundation, and Ford Foundation. According to information made available to HumAngle, the deadline for applications and nominations for the programme is Friday, July […]
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An operative of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) recently arrested in Kano, Northwest Nigeria, cultivated a relationship with a local religious police official (Hisbah) to facilitate the purchase of plots of land and renting of an apartment. The individual with multiple pseudonyms such as Mallam Abba and Adamu Makeri met the Hisbah official […]
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Police in Abuja, North-central Nigeria, say there was no abduction case in the country’s capital, contrary to reports of an attack at Gwarinpa estate. Josephine Adeh, the police spokesperson in Abuja, told HumAngle there was no such attack. On Monday morning, June 6, there were reports that an armed gang attacked Genuine Estate in Gwarimpa, […]
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One of the victims is receiving treatment at MMSH in Kano. Credit: Aliyu Dahiru/HumAngle A deadly gas explosion that occurred in the Sheka area of Kumbotso Local Government Area, Kano State, Northwest Nigeria, killed three schoolchildren and injured 32 others on Thursday, June 2, HumAngle can report. According to eyewitnesses, the explosion occurred near a […]
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Suspected separatist militants in Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria, have burnt two vehicles on the premises of Anambra Broadcasting Station (ABS) after they attacked the station in the early hours of Monday, May 30, in Idemili North Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. This is the first time a media outfit will come under attack […]
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A total of 1,103 deaths were recorded in Nigeria’s restive northwest in the first quarter of 2022, surpassing other regions, including the war-ravaged northeastern part of the country, according to data released by the National Security Tracker (NST). The NST is a project run by the Council on Foreign Relations to track and d0cument violence […]
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