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Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu

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Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu is the Managing Editor at HumAngle. She researches and investigates terrorism and insurgency and their human cost and aftermath, particularly how they affect transitional justice issues, displacement, migration, and women. She is a 2023 Pulitzer Centre grantee, a 2023 International Women Media Fund awardee, and a 2022 Storify Africa fellow, among several others.

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Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu22 Jul 2026
HumAngle SCOJA Fellowship Alumni Reflect on a Year of Learnings at Book Launch
HumAngle Foundation gathered students, professors, and community journalists on Tuesday, June 21, at the University of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria to hold timely conversations around ways to strengthen community journalism in Nigeria. The event, which also featured the launch of a guide to community journalism, is part of the Strengthening Community Journalism and Human Rights …
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Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu21 Jul 2026
HumAngle Launches Community Journalism Guide in UNIMAID
HumAngle Foundation, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, has launched a guide for community journalism, as part of the Strengthening Community Journalism and Human Rights Advocacy in Northern Nigeria (SCOJA) project. The project, which started in 2025, has trained 90 journalists and human rights advocates so far, and their work …
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Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu6 May 2026
The Making of the Boko Haram Army
On a hauntingly cold night in 2008, a 28-year-old impressionable fan of Mohammed Yusuf sat in the latter’s compound in the London Ciki area of Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, at 1 a.m., placed his hand in his, and swore to give his life for Boko Haram. He would advance to become a top commander in the …
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Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu1 May 2026
The HumAngle Newsroom Shutdown for a Month. What Was the Cost?
We should start by clarifying that it wasn’t entirely a shutdown. Reports still appeared on the website and on our social media pages regularly in April, but we were not working. They were produced in March and scheduled for April. In December last year, HumAngle announced an anti-burnout policy that allows the newsroom to go …
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Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu24 Mar 2026
HumAngle Investigations Editor Selected for FASPE Journalism Programme
HumAngle’s Investigations Editor, Ibrahim Adeyemi, has been announced one of the 14 journalists selected from all over the world to participate in the 2025 Journalism programme at the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE), a prestigious programme that trains professionals to navigate ethical dilemmas in the course of their careers. The …
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Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu23 Dec 2025
#HumAngle2025RoundUp: Our Editors Enjoyed These Stories This Year
Her Missing Son Returns In Her Dreams “I enjoyed editing several stories this year, but this one stayed with me because of how Sabiqah narrated it with an intimate voice that draws you directly into the woman’s inner world: the dreams, the dread, the relentless memory of her child. The writing does more than tell …
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Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu18 Nov 2025
The Intersection Between Healthcare and Loyalty to Terror Groups in Nigeria
When Mariam* first started thinking of deserting Boko Haram’s settlement at Sambisa Forest, where she had been living for a decade, she was not entirely sure that it was the best idea. She still believed in the cause, for starters. But there was the matter of her body starting to fail her. Her husband had …
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Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu13 Nov 2025
HumAngle CEO Named 2026 Yale Peace Fellow
HumAngle’s CEO/Editor-in-Chief, Ahmad Salkida, has been announced as a 2026 Yale Peace Fellow. One of 14 leaders selected from thousands of applications, Ahmad will be undergoing extensive training across Yale University in the United States, the UAE, and virtual long-term sessions with his cohort and faculty. The Yale Peace Fellowship is a yearly programme hosted …
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Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu12 Oct 2025
WAMECA25: HumAngle Report Wins West Africa Media Award
HumAngle has just been announced winner of the Illicit Financial Flow category in the 2025 West Africa Media Excellence Conference Awards (WAMECA) for our investigation into The Internet Fundraising Marathon Behind IPOB’s Armed Struggle. Kunle Adebajo, HumAngle’s former Investigations Editor, who authored the story, also emerged as the West Africa Journalist of the Year. It …
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Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu4 Sept 2025
Three Boys Orphaned by Boko Haram Navigate Life
Baba Jugudum was not there when his father was killed, but those who were there said the man died tragically. Now, about 10 years later, he has begun to forget his father’s face. I watch as the realisation dawns on him when I ask what the man looked like. He seems thrown off by the …
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Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu, Ahmad Salkida, Damilola Ayeni, Ibrahim Adeyemi13 Jul 2025
Nigeria’s Former President Buhari Dies: What His Legacy Means for Security
In December 2014, an incumbent president lost a re-election bid for the first time in Nigeria’s history. It was a time characterised by widespread anguish and anger at how insecure the Nigerian life had become. Boko Haram, the extremist insurgent group fighting to establish what it calls an Islamic State, had intensified its violence, killing …
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Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu21 Apr 2025
She Walked into Boko Haram Territory to Free Her Husband With A Ransom
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Babagana Abacha’s sister had just died that November morning in 2024, in nearby Ajiri Mafa. He was saddened by the loss and deep in mourning. It was important that he pay his last respects and, if possible, do her one final honour by lowering her into her …
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Reports by Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu

HumAngle SCOJA Fellowship Alumni Reflect on a Year of Learnings at Book Launch

HumAngle Launches Community Journalism Guide in UNIMAID

The Making of the Boko Haram Army

The HumAngle Newsroom Shutdown for a Month. What Was the Cost?

HumAngle Investigations Editor Selected for FASPE Journalism Programme

#HumAngle2025RoundUp: Our Editors Enjoyed These Stories This Year

The Intersection Between Healthcare and Loyalty to Terror Groups in Nigeria

HumAngle CEO Named 2026 Yale Peace Fellow

WAMECA25: HumAngle Report Wins West Africa Media Award

Three Boys Orphaned by Boko Haram Navigate Life

Nigeria’s Former President Buhari Dies: What His Legacy Means for Security

She Walked into Boko Haram Territory to Free Her Husband With A Ransom