Telegram has removed accounts linked to a Hausa-language network that openly sold child sexual abuse material across northern Nigeria, following an inquiry by HumAngle, but the platform has not explained how the network survived repeated suspensions over three months before our investigation was published. In an email response to HumAngle, a Telegram spokesperson confirmed that […]
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Fatima ‘Teema’ Mahmud uploaded a short clip on her Telegram Status that morning; it showed a leaked intimate video involving individuals in northern Nigeria. The time was 8:13 a.m.; minutes later, she uploaded another one and another. By midday, she had uploaded dozens of similar pieces of content. By evening, there were hundreds. Some of […]
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In the stillness of the Boko Haram war-ravaged town of Madagali in Adamawa state, northeastern Nigeria, a young girl was sexually abused. Even though she was born in Maiduguri in neighbouring Borno State, Ummi and her family had to relocate in 2021 to Madagali as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency. In the wake […]
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Lack of potable water as the drought season lengthens is increasing the risk of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) for women and girls in Kenya as they are burdened with walking long distances to fetch water, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has revealed. In some areas, about 90 per cent of water points have […]
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