Centre the Human Cost of Conflict.

Our primary duty is to investigate, analyse, and report conflict issues in a sensitive, in-depth, and human-centred manner. We paint accurate pictures of crises and how they affect different communities and demographics. We hold the government to account on its responsibility of protecting lives and properties.

We also provide research and consultancy services to assess operational risks and guide decision-making for humanitarian organisations etc.

We have worked with various reputable humanitarian and developmental organisations to improve the quality of life on the continent. We have also published thousands of reports spanning dozens of countries across different parts of Africa.

Central to our work as a media organisation is to report conflict and insecurity and mediate between governments, non-state, and hostile groups to reduce the human suffering caused by these conflicts.

Mission

To leverage innovative and ethical practices in developing humanitarian, peace-building and advocacy solutions to insecurity while illustrating and reporting on armed conflict and its potential threats.

What HumAngle does differently

The core of our editorial policy at HumAngle is always to put the victims of conflict first, giving them opportunities to share their own stories.

Our intentional approach through the lens of the people — victims, survivors, and other stakeholders — has helped the audience better understand the dynamics of these issues, leading to louder calls for positive and effective changes.

As a conflict-reporting platform, our core mandate is to advance the cause of human values and dignity by insisting on accountability in the security and humanitarian sectors. Our work provides more credible information and context for mediation, better policy-making, and scholarly research.

How we define insecurity

Our understanding of insecurity is not limited to the criminal use of guns and explosives. For us, it could also mean disease outbreaks, environmental disasters, job losses, food insecurity, sexual and gender-based violence, or economic and social exclusion.

Solutions and early warning

Another quality that sets us apart is how deliberate we are about peace journalism and solutions reporting. Our crisis signalling projects alert society of impending crises before they occur.

Accessibility and formats

We have likewise distinguished ourselves as publishing some of the most reliable and in-depth fact-checks to debunk misinformation related to security and disease outbreaks such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

To help people understand our stories and reach all kinds of audiences, we break down our reports using infographics, cartoon illustrations, geospatial tools, short explainer videos, and documentaries. Occasionally, we publish our reports in local languages to encourage readership among people who are not literate in English.

Promoting Transparency in Insurgency-Related Funding in Northeast Nigeria

Between 2022 and 2024, with funding support from the MacArthur Foundation, HumAngle will interrogate security and humanitarian funding in Northeast Nigeria by strengthening investigative and data-driven journalism to reduce corruption and enhance accountability in the area.

COVID-19 Dashboard

HumAngle updates and manages a live dashboard with COVID-19 cases, deaths, and admissions.

HumAngle Spaces

HumAngle regularly leads and promotes conversations around conflict, humanitarian, and development topics on Twitter Spaces.

Missing Persons Register’s Population and Amplification Project

With grant support from OSIWA, the Missing Persons Register’s Population and Amplification Project aims to support the establishment of a national missing persons register by providing credible information from sources across Northeast Nigeria and giving life to the statistics by telling human-angle stories on the development.

Podcasts

HumAngle produces and publishes three weekly podcasts; Vestiges of Violence, The Crisis Room, and Birbishin Rikici (a Hausa version of Vestiges of Violence). These podcasts tell the stories of victims of violence and explore trending issues in the conflict, development, and humanitarian space.

Mediatising Transitional Justice Efforts in Northeast Nigeria

Implemented in partnership with ATJLF, the Mediatising Transitional Justice Efforts focused on telling stories of conflict stakeholders in the Northeast and the struggle for accessing justice.

HumAngle+

HumAngle Membership (stylised HumAngle+) is a web-based and direct-to-mail community for the audience to get unlimited access to conflict, humanitarian, and development reports with data inserts, explainers, and highly interactive elements.

Interactive Storytelling

HumAngle Interactive presents stories in an interactive format, offering readers multiple and innovative ways to read and experience the piece, keeping them fully engaged and invested in the story.

Crisis Signaling

Crises happen every day, but there are always signs. HumAngle reports these signs in its crisis signalling obligations. Our editorial surveillance and crisis signalling rely on primary sources and data-driven evidence on trends to extrapolate and create likely scenarios that would follow down the road. Notwithstanding the deluge and rapid sequence of events in the crisis, the signalling served as necessary warnings to authorities to act.

Policy

HumAngle’s reporting on the roller coaster violent conflicts in Northwest Nigeria, where armed groups that carved territories for themselves forcefully collect taxes and levies from poor farming communities, rustle cattle, abduct, rape, and kill thousands of people, were branded as bandits. In June 2020, HumAngle took a stand to refer to these so-called bandit groups in the Northwest as terrorists. In November 2021, a Federal High Court declared the bandits’ terrorists, reaffirming HumAngle’s position.