HumAngle News 2/22-23 2023

 

Daily Recap

Here is our recap of todays news.

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A Threat In Every Region: The HumAngle Guide To Election Insecurity

This year, as 94 million Nigerians go to the polls, Nigeria is facing a specific security threat in every region of the country.  Violent riots due to the shortage of currency notes have erupted in parts of Nigeria’s southern region, highlighting the tense security situation that is unfolding as Africa’s largest democracy gets set for …

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Police Deploys 13,000 Officers For Election Duty In Borno

The police in  Borno state, Northeast Nigeria, said it would deploy 13,639 officers for election duty across the state.  Commissioner of Police, Abdu Umar, made this known Wednesday, Feb. 22, in Maiduguri while speaking to HumAngle.  The police chief said the total number of personnel deployed includes mainly the conventional police and other sister security …

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Nigeria Elections: Borno Residents Go To The Polls “Unhappy And Unsatisfied”

The current scarcity of cash and fuel means residents of the Borno state capital in Northeast Nigeria are going to the polls “unhappy and unsatisfied”.  “People are in pain,” one voter told HumAngle.  Nigerians vote to elect a new president and members of the National Assembly, the first phase of the general election, on Saturday, …

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Women Are Both Victims And Combatants In Cameroon

Four years ago, Emmanuela started dating a separatist fighter in Bamenda, a town that has witnessed unrest since 2017.  She lived in a neighbourhood where she says most young girls had separatist fighters as their boyfriends for protection and prestige.  In return, she served as an intelligence informant for her man and his crew. “Whenever …

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Nigeria Elections: Human Rights, Freedom Of Expression Must Be Respected – ArticIe 19

As Nigeria goes to the polls on Saturday for a highly contested election, ARTICLE 19 has raised concerns over human rights, the safety of journalists and disinformation in the country.  A statement jointly signed by Maateuw Mbaye and Aissata Diallo Dieng, with the West Africa office of the human rights organisation, emphasised the need for …

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Cameroon: Teenage Mother Beheaded, Others Feared Killed In Bloody 48 hours

A young woman has been beheaded by fighters from a separatist terror group in Northwest Cameroon, part of a bloody 48 hours in the restive region. The teenage mother-of-one was taken from her home in Bali Nyonga during the night of Feb 20th. Images of 18-year-old Samia Ulianda’s body were circulated on social media the …

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Women Break Silence Over Abuse With An App In Cameroon

The wall of silence over abuse against women in Cameroon is all but impenetrable.  Three years ago, 21–year-old Rainatou suffered domestic violence from her partner. She has been hospitalised three times due to the violence, yet held on to the relationship.  She explained that every time her partner laid hands on her, she wanted to …

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“Every Time I Close My Eyes, They Are Shooting Me Again…”

The excruciating pain and the trauma she experienced come back to her in a flood, even though the incident happened nearly four years ago.  She still struggles to cope with the trauma caused by terrorists in an attack on her farm in Dogon Noma, Kajuru Local government area, but she tries to struggle on. “I …

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Nigerian Terrorists Hold 1% Of All Firearms In West Africa, Says Gun Control Body

Terrorists and insurgent groups in Nigeria hold one out of every hundred illegal firearms in West Africa, according to new research.  There are at least seven million illegally held assault rifles and other small arms across the West African region, according to a governmental arms control body.  In the Lake Chad area, Boko Haram and …

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