Journalists Who Cover Boko Haram insurgency

Usman Abba Zanna

Maiduguri, Nigeria

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Usman Abba Zanna is a multimedia journalist based in Maiduguri, Nigeria. He covers humanitarian crises, conflict, development and peace related stories in the LakeChad region. He is a media and conflict management consultant. Producing photography and video documentary contents to tell compelling ...

Lukman Abdulmalik

Kano, Nigeria

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Lukman Abdulmalik is an Investigative and multimedia journalist based in Kano, Nigeria.

He has 7 years working experience in different organizations as a freelancer, editor at Stallion Times online newspaper, Investigative journalist at International Center for Investigative Reporting, Wole ...

Nalova Akua

Yaounde, Cameroon

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Nalova Akua is 2022 winner of the Michael Elliott Award for Excellence in African Storytelling. The award which honours up-and-coming journalists in Africa who strive to strengthen people's voices and improve their well-being came with a reporting grant and a two-week internship at The Economist ...

Adam Alqali

Kano, Nigeria

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Adam Alqali is a development journalist based in Kano, Nigeria with over 5 years’ experience in investigative, fact checking, research and development reporting. He currently reports for amongst others, africacheck.org, Newsdiary online, National Review as well as African Newspage. 
He has ...

Richard Assheton

Marseille, France

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Richard Assheton has half a decade's experience reporting from across Europe, Africa and Asia for news brands including The Times, the Financial Times and the Guardian, covering global events and producing exclusive news and features. His subjects are not always easy interviews: he has sought out ...

Anna Cunningham

London, United Kingdom

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Anna Cunningham is an experienced news correspondent based in London, currently covering the coronavirus pandemic in the UK. 
Anna is experienced in breaking news for radio and TV, stand ups, editing packages and longer form reports. 
Anna has been a broadcast journalist for 20 years (10 years ...

Percy Dabang

Yola, Nigeria

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Percy Dabang is a journalist.

Ndi Eugene Ndi

Yaounde, Cameroon

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Ndi Eugene Ndi is a journalist based in Yaounde, Cameroon. He is editor of NewsWatch; a local by-monthly tabloid in the Central African State and Correspondent for Nation Media Group, Kenya (Nation Daily, Daily Monitor, The East African, The Citizen, Business Daily, Africa Review)

Amos Fofung Nkunchoh

Washington, United States of America

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Amos Fofung Nkunchoh (pen name, Amos Fofung) is a multi-talented journalist with an intrinsic passion for investigative, Environmental and conflict reporting based in USA. With over four years of experience in print, radio broadcast and multimedia, he has uncovered and reported many ground-breaking ...

Jeremy Kelly

Abuja, Nigeria

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Jeremy Kelly is a journalist based in Abuja, Nigeria, working (mostly) for The Times of London.

Mohamed Konate

Troyes, France

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Je suis journaliste et directeur de publication de Monde Hebdo. Je couvre les questions de géopolitique, de médias, de gouvernance et de sécurité en Afrique de l'Ouest depuis plus de 7 ans. J'ai dirigé plusieurs projets éditoriaux internationaux et j'intervient régulièrement sur les enjeux liés aux ...

Jennifer Lazuta

Dakar, Senegal

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Jennifer Lazuta is a freelance journalist based in Dakar, Senegal.

Ruth Maclean

Dakar, Senegal

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I am the Guardian's West Africa correspondent, based in Dakar. Previously I was The Times's correspondent in South Africa and Mexico. I can make audio and video for broadcast or the web to a very high standard. I also shoot my own photographs. I have an extensive knowledge of the region and good ...

Abubakar Muktar Abba

Maiduguri, Nigeria

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Investigative journalist and field reporter focused on conflict, displacement, extremism, and human-rights stories across Northeast Nigeria and the Lake Chad region. I document underreported realities through survivor testimony, on-the-ground reporting, and data-driven analysis. Experienced in ...

Chika Oduah

Dakar, Senegal

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I am an multimedia journalist based in Dakar, Senegal. I have 20 years of experience as a journalist, working in radio, television, newspaper and online platforms. My reportage coverage focuses on current affairs, culture and history across Africa.

Samuel Okocha

Ikeja, Nigeria

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Samuel Okocha is a Nigeria-based multimedia producer, feature writer and independent journalist covering business and economy in Africa’s most populous country.

With over 15 years of experience in broadcast journalism, he began as a news editor with Nigeria’s external radio service, working as a ...

Paul Okolo

Abuja, Nigeria

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Paul Okolo is a journalist based in Abuja, Nigeria. He has many years of experience reporting general news, business and financial news for Bloomberg, Reuters, and Inter Press Service, among others. He also worked as a freelance reporter for Voice of America, covering health, politics, environment ...

Francis Okoye

Onitsha, Nigeria

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Francis Okoye is an International Journalist  based in Nigeria.
1. A Bimla Misra Memorial Health Fellowship CNS Health Fellow 2016-2017.
2. Awarded  as one of 3 best Correspondence of Citizen News Service 2016.
3. Over 300 published articles in print and online media since 1990, ranging from ...

Taha Sakr

Cairo Governorate, Egypt

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Taha Sakr is a journalist based in Cairo Governorate, Egypt.

Taha Sakr is a political affairs journalist / news reporter, born in Saudi Arabia in 1992 who studied media and journalism in English language at the Faculty of Mass Communication at Cairo University.

Sakr’s experience extends for ...

Anicet Simo

Yaounde, Cameroon

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Anicet Simo is a journalist based in Yaounde, Cameroon.

Mbom Sixtus

Yaounde, Cameroon

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Mbom Sixtus is a journalist based in Yaounde, Cameroon. He has worked as a general assignment reporter for 11 years. He is currently employed at the Cameroon News and Publishing Corporation but available to work from remote locations- stringer, correspondent or fixer.

He has written stories for ...

Muhammad Auwal Suleiman

Abuja, Nigeria

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Muhammad Auwal Suleiman is a multi lingual journalist based in Abuja, Nigeria.

Babagana Bukar Wakil

Maiduguri, Nigeria

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Babagana Bukar Wakil is a Multimedia and Multilingual journalist base in Maiduguri, Borno , Nigeria and Lake Chad basin region.