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 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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Beneath the Tracks: The Systemic Failures of the Abuja-Kaduna Train
Panic came last for Mubarak Hassan* on the evening of March 28, 2022. It’s been four years since the terrorist…
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Do Terror Attacks in Nigeria Spike During Ramadan? Here’s What We Know
As Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, and reflection, entered its second week, specifically on March 5, terrorists…
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Rwanda, DRC Renew Commitment to Execute Washington Peace Accord
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have agreed on specific measures to expedite the implementation of the Washington…
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Three Bomb Blasts Hit Maiduguri. Survivors Recall a Night of Panic
Umar Muhammad Mustapha had just stepped out of the mosque when he heard someone say an explosion had gone off…
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