‘Everyone knows somebody who has been kidnapped’: Inside Nigeria’s banditry epidemic
Text and pictures taken Obi Anyadike, Senior editor, Africa at the New Humanitarian The two men slumped, dejected, against the wall of the house to...
A very fragile peace one year after
Photo Petterik Wiggers By Fred Harter of the Humanitarian As a rebel soldier, 24-year-old Danayit fought in some of the fiercest battles of the recent civil...
Peace or justice, punishment or reconciliation?LRA fighters get amnesty
Dozens of fighters affiliated with the terror group the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), including individuals involved in grave offenses, have been repatriated to Uganda...
Even refugees should have control over their futures
By Adior Ibrahim This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/first-person/2023/10/10/flipping-narrative-how-id-card-shapes-refugees-life Have you ever stopped to think how the identity card you carry in...
Are Kenyan men losing their masculinity?
Kimani Charagu Kaigai (66) reclines upon the tender grass, which serves as the gathering spot for old men. Meanwhile, his wife assumes a crouched...
Sudan:Why do you hide behind my back? So as not to be killed or tracked?
“Why do you follow me like a shadow?” “Why soldier do you make shield of me?” _ Dr. Ahmed Gumma Siddiek “The manifestations of militarization in civic life were visible long before” _ Civilians...
A muffled bang at a remote lake in western Cameroon in August 1986, followed by a rising wind, then soon after, hundreds of dead...
Kenya’s wildlife industry: Animals have nowhere to hide anymore from humans
“I show tourists around paradise. What I don’t do is tell them that this nature is manipulated by humans,” says Kasao Laerat (50) with...
Sudan: The flight for safety of Abdelmonim
Diary Civilians are left behind in the fighting between the two generals in Sudan. Human rights activist and teacher Abdelmonim Ali (33) fled two weeks...
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