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Al'amin Umar

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As seen in: HumAngle, The Guardian (Nigeria), Premium Times, AllAfrica, Campus Reporter, Campus Reporter by CJID, The Harbinger News
Covers:  Climate change, sustainability, environment, energy, conflict, climate science.
Reporting the intersecting human impacts of climate change, conflict, and humanitarian crises in the Lake Chad region | Senior Specialised Reporter @HumAngle_

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Al'amin Umar’s Biography

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Al’amin Umar is a senior specialised reporter at HumAngle Media, where his work explores the intersecting human costs of climate change and conflict, particularly on vulnerable communities such as the displaced, women, and children, in northeast Nigeria and the wider Lake Chad region.

Over the past three years, he has reported how communities in terror-controlled territories face severe water scarcity due to drought and how women, burdened with the responsibility of fetching water, venture int…

Al'amin Umar’s Journalist Portfolio

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From Elephants to Warthogs: The Shadow Wildlife Trade Financing Boko Haram in Nigeria

From Elephants to Warthogs: The Shadow Wildlife Trade Financing Boko Haram in Nigeria

In this investigation, HumAngle found that wildlife trade, particularly of warthogs, is financing Boko Haram …

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Floods, Famine, and Fear: The Battle for Food Security in Nigeria's North East

Floods, Famine, and Fear: The Battle for Food Security in Nigeria's North East

The humanitarian and hunger crisis is most severe for women and children, with acute malnutrition becoming ra…

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Fishermen In Nigeria's North East Either Pay Levies To Terrorists Or Risk Assault, Death

Fishermen In Nigeria's North East Either Pay Levies To Terrorists Or Risk Assault, Death

Estimate indicates that the terrorists operating in Baga earn up to ₦600,000 daily from fishermen and ₦250 mi…

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Fishermen In Nigeria's North East Either Pay Levies To Terrorists Or Risk Assault, Death

Fishermen In Nigeria's North East Either Pay Levies To Terrorists Or Risk Assault, Death

Estimate indicates that the terrorists operating in Baga earn up to ₦600,000 daily from fishermen and ₦250 mi…

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How Climate Change Affects Women In Northeastern Nigeria

How Climate Change Affects Women In Northeastern Nigeria

Women are disproportionately affected by the effects of climate change such as water scarcity, food insecurit…

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From Elephants to Warthogs: The Shadow Wildlife Trade Financing Boko Haram in Nigeria

From Elephants to Warthogs: The Shadow Wildlife Trade Financing Boko Haram in Nigeria

In this investigation, HumAngle found that wildlife trade, particularly of warthogs, is financing Boko Haram …

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The Hausa Telegram Network Selling Child Sexual Abuse Material

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By Al'amin Umar Verified
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Fatima ‘Teema’ Mahmud uploaded a short clip on her Telegram Status that morning; it showed a leaked intimate video involving individuals in northern Nigeria. The time was 8:13 a.m.; minutes later, she uploaded another one and another. By midday, she had uploaded dozens of similar pieces of content. By evening, there were hundreds. Some of the updates advertised leaked, non-consensual intimate videos that had circulated across social media timelines in the region days earlier.
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Borno Closed Its Largest IDP Camp Outside Maiduguri. But Did Displacement Really End?

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By Al'amin Umar Verified
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The Goniri settlement, one of the communities receiving displaced persons relocated from Bama's Government Senior Science Secondary School camp. Residents say more than 6,000 people have arrived since the closure, with roughly half still lacking adequate shelter. Photo: Al’amin Umar/HumAngle. Chellu Masaram’s shelter stands on a patch of land in Goniri, a community a few kilometres from Bama town in northeastern Nigeria. At 85, she does not have the strength to build a house.
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Hundreds Return to Kumalia After Terrorists Ban Farming

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“I am temporarily relocating to Kumalia.” When Kaka Ali said those words over the phone on June 8, I nearly asked him to repeat himself. I had been speaking to him about farming and survival in northern Borno for nearly two years. Kumalia was where he was born, but it was also a place that most people had long stopped calling home. The community is located within Monguno Local Government Area (LGA) in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Campus reporter

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No. I haven't.

How is social media changing news?

There are lots of information on the platform. Generally, it promotes disinformation. This sabotages the efforts of genuine journalism