Abubakar Muktar Abba

2 weeks ago | humanglemedia.com | Abubakar Muktar Abba

About an hour after dawn, Kaka Adam, 45, braces for another day of struggle. He sits quietly outside his small rented room in Bama, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. His single wheelchair, an indispensable and worn-out device he shares with his two wives, rests beside him. The morning is still, but his mind is already pacing. He has to go to the hand pump borehole, half a kilometre from his home, to fetch water for the day.

2 weeks ago | humanglemedia.com | Abubakar Muktar Abba

The foot broke first. Then the silence. But it was breaking the silence that cost Mustapha Kyari the most; he paid for it with humiliation, punishment, and depression. It started at the Wailo National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Bauchi State, northeastern Nigeria, during the mandatory three-week camp in December 2023. Kyari had expected structure, care, and some semblance of accountability after he broke his foot.

1 month ago | humanglemedia.com | Abubakar Muktar Abba

Fatima Mohammed Kyari was seven years old in 2014 when Boko Haram attacked her village, Mallam Fatori, in Abadam Local Government, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. “That evening, we suddenly heard gunshots everywhere,” she recalled. “My mother quickly packed our clothes, and we started running. But we couldn’t go far on foot, so my uncle took us on his motorcycle to my father’s village, Mallum Tunkur, a few kilometres away.”A week later, Mallum Tunkur also became unsafe.

2 months ago | humanglemedia.com | Abubakar Muktar Abba

As Mallami Abadam cast his final net on the evening of Feb. 3, he was ready to call it a day. Alongside two other fishermen, he prepared to leave the riverbank in Kindjindi, a community in Diffa, Niger Republic, when Boko Haram insurgents stormed the riverbank and took them hostage. Kindjindi borders Abadam in Borno State and Geidam in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria. Originally from Mallam Fatori in Borno State, Abadam resettled with his family in Kindjindi after being displaced by Boko Haram.

2 months ago | humanglemedia.com | Abubakar Muktar Abba

When Boko Haram stormed Bama town in Borno, northeastern Nigeria, on Sept. 2, 2014, seven-year-old Rahama Haruna Maibale and five-year-old Mustapha Bukar were living there with their families. The terror group overran the town, forcing out soldiers and embarking on a house-to-house search for civil servants and those who opposed them. Mustapha’s father, a tax collector, was one of their targets. When the terrorists knocked on his door, he stepped out—only to be shot dead.