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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Weaponised Identity: From Dreadlocks to Dialects, How Profiling Threatens Lives in Nigeria
“I wear a niqab and a full jilbab. People often tell me that I am oppressed,” says Hajja Gana, a…
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Civilians Caught in Crossfire as Rebel Attacks Surge in DR Congo
Scores of civilians were killed during fierce confrontations between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army and the Convention pour…
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UN Forces Condemn Resurgence of Violence in Eastern DRC
The United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) has condemned the recent surge in violence…
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When Herding Means Death: Northwest Nigeria’s Farmers Trapped Between Fight and Flight
Late one fateful evening, Malam Muhammadu Sodangi of Tuwon Tsoro watched helplessly as armed raiders made off with the cattle,…
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Nigeria’s Policing Crisis: A Role Lost to the Military
From camps in Borno to street corners in Jos or online forums in Lagos, Nigerians are asking the same question:…
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Returnees Cry for Help Amid Dire Humanitarian Conditions in DR Congo
Uprooted by the ongoing violent conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), locals in the Bahunde chiefdom of North…
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Bound by Blood, Fighting to Death: The Cousin Tribes of Adamawa
When 55-year-old Muhammad Buba, a teacher at Boshkiri Primary School, left home on July 2, family and friends had no…
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Disappearing Migration Routes Fueling Farmer-Herder Violence in Northern Nigeria
Bello Ardo still remembers how they were sent away from Dapchi, a town in Yobe State, North East Nigeria. It…
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Blockage of Biafra Memory Websites Highlights Disturbing Pattern in Nigeria
She did not know her mother was a Biafran refugee until she was about 18 years old. They were watching…
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Soldiers Caught Off Guard Amid Resurgence of Violence in Central African Republic
The N’Djamena peace accord, signed on April 19, 2025, between the government of the Central African Republic, the rebels from…
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