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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ADF Rebels Attack DR Congo Village, Abduct Many Villagers
Several persons were killed and many others are reported missing in attacks suspected to have been carried out by rebels…
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Nigerian Military Captures Weapons As ISWAP Attacks Intensify In Southern Borno
Vulnerable communities in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State bore the brunt of most security incidents and attacks claimed by the Islamic…
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Wagner Group Says Russian Mercenaries Not Involved In Central African Republic Massacre
Wagner Security Group, which employs the Russian mercenaries deployed in the Central African Republic, says its soldiers were not responsible…
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DR Congo IDP Camp Massacre Victims Buried En Masse
The bodies of 53 persons killed during an attack by an armed gang on the Plaine Savo Internally Displaced Persons…
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Gov’t Extends State Of Siege In Eastern DR Congo By 15 Days
President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo has signed a decree extending the state of siege in Ituri…
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In 3 Months, 5 Attacks Recorded On Displaced Persons Sites In DR Congo
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) says there have been five attacks on sites for…
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Armed Gang Kills Priest In North Kivu, DR Congo
The Curator of the Catholic parish of Kaseghe, situated in Lubero territory of North Kivu, DR Congo has been killed…
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Pro-Govt Anti-Balaka Militia, UPC Rebels Clash In Central African Republic
Twelve persons were reported killed on Wednesday, Feb. 2, in clashes between the Touadera faction of the Anti-Balaka militia and…
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ISIS Leader ‘Taken Off The Battlefield,’ Says Biden
The U.S. President, Joe Biden, on Wednesday, Feb. 3, confirmed the killing of Islamic State leader, Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, in…
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Russian Mercenaries Torture Central African Republic Soldier
A soldier of the Central African Republic national army, FACA, is battling for life after he was tortured along with…
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