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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The Making of the Boko Haram Army
On a hauntingly cold night in 2008, a 28-year-old impressionable fan of Mohammed Yusuf sat in the latter’s compound in…
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High Tension in Congo, South Sudan Borders Following Escalating Attacks
The security landscape along the border between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan is deteriorating amid a…
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Inside the Nigerian Military’s Quiet Gains Against a Fragmented War
In Nigeria’s North East, the Boko Haram insurgent group once carved out territory and declared a caliphate. In the North…
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Ideology, Blood, and War: Rethinking the Origins of Boko Haram
Before he became a fugitive preacher, during which time security officials learned to mutter his name with a foreboding weight,…
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The Adamawa Towns Emptied by Boko Haram Insurgency
At the end of every farming season, farmers across Kwapre, an agrarian community in Hong Local Government Area (LGA) of…
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Illicit Gold Mining Is Fueling Gang Violence in Niger State’s Capital City
For Ike Uche and many others looking to flee the turmoil of gang violence in Niger State, North Central Nigeria,…
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In Niger Republic, The Junta’s Peace Is Not Everyone’s Peace
Aichatou often heard of insecurity for most of her life, but never experienced it herself. She had relatives who had…
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Violence Erodes Adamawa’s Farmer-Herder Social Tradition
The year was 1975. On a quiet afternoon in Bare, a farming community in Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa…
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Plateau Communities Confront Kidnap-for-Ransom Crisis
It was just past 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, when Allwell Nelson was abducted from her family residence…
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What We Know About the March 29 Terror Attack in Jos
Sunday evenings are usually a beehive of commercial activity at Angwan Rukuba Junction, but it turned deadly on March 29,…
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