Armed Violence
HumAngle’s Armed Violence Desk focuses on stories from the security sector and covers the main actors of the regional conflict ecosystem. It also tracks down sources and combs through records to generate and verify information about trends in insecurity.
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Nigeria’s Resurging Terror Attacks Amidst Global Displacement Crisis
The recent Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) published by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) paints a troubling picture:…
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Boko Haram Intensifies Attacks in Cameroon Amid Resurgence in Lake Chad Region
A Cameroonian soldier was killed and three others were wounded during a two-night attack by Boko Haram terrorists from 19…
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Racism in the Sahel and the Intelligence Gaps Fueling Terrorism
The ideological battlegrounds of northern Nigeria are disintegrating into a shadow war of self-interest, racial hierarchies, and fragmented loyalties. Once…
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UN Agency Calls for Urgent Humanitarian Response in DR Congo
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) has raised concerns about the worsening security and humanitarian…
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Despite Peace Accords, Violence Persists in Central African Republic
Despite the recent peace accord signed by the government of the Central African Republic (CAR) and two rebel groups, the…
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The Evasive Funding Channels Sustaining Boko Haram/ISWAP in Nigeria
Beneath the violence that has come to define the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) lies a highly organised financial…
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Mass Displacements Amid Spiralling Violence in DR Congo
Scores of people have been displaced from Nyiragongo in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR…
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ISWAP Overruns Key Borno Sites in Coordinated Assault
A coordinated wave of violence has raged through Borno State in northeastern Nigeria between May 12 and 13, as the…
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TIMELINE: At Least 590 People Killed, 192 Kidnapped Across Nigeria in April
No fewer than 590 people were killed and at least 190 kidnapped in various incidents across Nigeria in April 2025,…
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Borno’s Resettled Families Are Quietly Fleeing Again
After over a decade of displacement, 63-year-old Fanne Goni believed life was finally returning to normalcy for her, her husband,…
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