When Ruth Adamu finds her son, Hikame, he is in school. She walks down its corridors to find him, takes his hand, and tells him to come with her. She promises to buy him a new pair of shoes, and together, they head towards the gate. But just as they are about to leave, he … The post Her Missing Son Returns In Her Dreams appeared first on HumAngle.| HumAngle
Sarah Ishaya doesn’t seem to remember the day the attackers came in 2021, but what she cannot forget is how they almost took the lives of two of her sons. It was around 6 a.m. that they started hearing screams from neighbouring houses, and before she could flee with her family, the attackers were already … The post Plateau Farmers Turn to Land Documents to Reclaim Their Fields Amid Violence appeared first on HumAngle.| HumAngle
Isa Adamu’s voice carries both resignation and fury. “Insecurity has really affected our agricultural productivity,” the 45-year-old farmer told HumAngle on the outskirts of Shinkafi in Zamfara State, North West Nigeria. “Food insecurity became the order of the day. Millet, sorghum, beans, cattle, all have disappeared before our eyes.” He once harvested enough to feed … The post Once Landowners, Farmers in North West Nigeria Now Toil on Terrorists’ Farms appeared first on HumA...| HumAngle
The first call to prayer in Malumfashi, northwestern Nigeria, was barely finished when gunmen stormed the Unguwan Mantau area. It was around 5 a.m. on Aug. 19, and the small mosque was full of worshippers, old and young men, all bowed in devotion, when the attack happened. It was a moment chosen for maximum shock … The post After Katsina Mosque Attack, Familiar Question Returns: Do Peace Deals Work? appeared first on HumAngle.| HumAngle
In Nigeria, profiling doesn’t wait for context, it manifests in whispers, weapons, mob chants, and silent judgments.| HumAngle
They denounced the ongoing deadly assaults by the ADF, which have resulted in the deaths of 82 civilians in the Ituri and North Kivu provinces.| HumAngle
Operating with stealth, Lakurawa conduct their attacks through door-to-door, farm-to-farm raids, often under the pretext of collecting zakat.| HumAngle