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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Residents Recall a Weekend of Bloodshed Across Benue and Plateau Communities
Wrapped in a black cloth stained with her own blood, a three-month-old baby in a light green shirt was lowered…
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Ukraine Denies Supporting M23 Rebels against DRC
The Ukrainian government has dismissed allegations that it is backing the M23 rebels in the fight against the Democratic Republic…
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IEDs Tear Through Northwestern Nigerian Roads and Their Travellers
On Tuesday, June 9, a disturbing incident left many locals mourning in the rural areas of Zamfara State, in northwestern…
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The War Machine Beating All Security Measures in Nigeria
There is almost no landscape across the West African Sahel that cannot be accessed from the back of a motorcycle.…
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Congolese Forces Push to Retake Villages from M23 Rebels
The armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have launched a large-scale drone offensive to reclaim towns and…
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ADF Terrorists Resort to Mass Kidnapping for Money in DRC
The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has resorted to targeting people…
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Renewed Violence in Southern Taraba Communities Shatters Peace Deal
Joy Oga, a pregnant woman in her second trimester, was harvesting yams on her farm in Kwanta/Dooshima area when armed…
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Hundreds Return to Kumalia After Terrorists Ban Farming
“I am temporarily relocating to Kumalia.” When Kaka Ali said those words over the phone on June 8, I nearly…
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Teachers Dead, Students Abducted in Lassa School Attack in Northeastern Nigeria
Students at Government Day Secondary School in Lassa, Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, were preparing to…
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Armed Conflict Halts Future-Defining Exams in DRC
The ongoing armed violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has stalled national examinations, putting the future of…
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