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Usman Abba Zanna

Maiduguri

Multimedia Journalist at HumAngle

Multimédia Journalist | Media/Conflict Management Consultant | Doing Documentaries | Fellow @AfricanSciLit @EAI_Nigeria @NatGeo @GidanYanci @TransparencITng

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  • 4 days ago | humanglemedia.com | Usman Abba Zanna

    When the devastating floods washed through Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria in September 2024, Aisha Ahmed, a resident of Gwange community, and her family fled their house to a safer area along Bama Road in the Borno State capital. “It was my worst experience because my family and I thought the world had come to an end,” the 46-year-old recounted.

  • 1 month ago | humanglemedia.com | Usman Abba Zanna

    After over a decade of displacement, 63-year-old Fanne Goni believed life was finally returning to normalcy for her, her husband, and their seven children. It was 2019, and the Borno State government had announced the resettlement of displaced families to Kawuri, their hometown in northeastern Nigeria. During those long years away, Fanne and her family stayed in a relative’s house in Maiduguri, the state capital. It had been offered to them after they fled their village.

  • 1 month ago | humanglemedia.com | Usman Abba Zanna

    In less than one month, multiple improvised explosive device (IED) explosions have occurred in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria. At least seven passengers were killed and several others injured on Saturday, March 12, when a commercial bus traveling along the Damboa–Maiduguri road drove on an IED planted by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the infamous terrorist group operating across the Lake Chad region. The explosion occurred around midday, locals told HumAngle.

  • 2 months ago | humanglemedia.com | Usman Abba Zanna

    A devastating fire outbreak swept through Kalari Abdullahi village on Sunday, April 6, destroying hundreds of makeshift shelters and claiming the lives of two children and an elderly man. The village is located along the Maiduguri–Konduga road in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria. Residents who spoke to HumAngle said the fire broke out around 1 p.m., spreading rapidly through the densely packed settlement, where shelters are constructed from highly flammable materials.

  • 2 months ago | humanglemedia.com | Usman Abba Zanna

    When HumAngle approached Muhammadu Bakka, 51, assistant secretary of the displaced herders community in Maiduguri, Nigeria, he was struggling with many things. He was observing the Muslim Ramadan fast, enduring the scorching sun, and grappling with the challenges of insecurity facing his herding community, all while wondering where to find money to contribute to a crowdfunding effort to pay a ransom. March has been characterised by extremely hot conditions.

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