Aid Draught, Stolen Supplements: The Child Malnutrition Crisis in Nigeria’s Adamawa State
It is July 18, around 7 a.m., and a group of women carrying malnourished children are gathered at the primary healthcare centre in Adamawa State,…
The Adamawa Children Leaving School for Labour
*Alfred Silas just turned 18. He has been in commercial farming for five years. Working on people’s farms for daily wages from the age of…
Four Dead, Families Displaced as Flood Ravages Cameroon’s Adamawa Region
Authorities in the Adamawa Region of Cameroon have called for vigilance and better urban planning to avoid future disasters following the death of four persons…
In Adamawa, Peacebuilding Begins on the Football Pitch, in Classrooms, and at Townhalls
When Boko Haram attacked a religious gathering in Nassarawo, Yola, the capital of Adamawa State, northeastern Nigeria, and killed 12 persons in January 2012, it…
Adamawa’s Classroom of Resilience – HumAngle
The night they came, Cecilia Colman was preparing to rest for the night. Then a teacher at Government Christian Secondary School (GCSS) Shuwa in Madagali,…
“They Tried to Burn It All”: Adamawa School Struggles to Rise From Boko Haram’s Ashes
One afternoon in March 2014, Paul Daji, newly appointed principal of Government Secondary School (GSS) Shuwa located in the Madagali area of Adamawa, northeastern Nigeria,…
Patients Still Struggling Despite New Medical Facilities in Adamawa’s Rural Communities
Rashida Usman, 39, still remembers the painful memory of one Thursday morning in 2019. She had woken up at dawn to brace herself for a…
Adamawa State’s Education Sector is Proving Inadequate for its Young Female Students
As the warm morning sun cast its golden rays over the serene landscape of Bobda, a small village in the Jada Local Government Area of…
Life Post-Abduction For Three Women In Northeastern Nigeria
In the town of Madagali, a Local Government Area of Adamawa, North East Nigeria, where Boko Haram’s insurgency once held sway, three women carry the…