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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Terrorists Intimidate Motorists For Fuel, Escalating Fears On Borno Highways
Residents and security operatives in Maiduguri, North East Nigeria, say they are increasingly alarmed as terrorists have been seen intimidating…
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Data Says Security Improved In 22 Nigerian States This Year. Here Are Their Names.
Data shows Nigeria recorded an overall improvement in security in 2023, but some states more than others. The Armed Conflict…
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Survivors Of Ambazonia Militant Attack In Nigeria Are Experiencing The Festive Season Differently
Achue Sunday has spent the last 20 years of his life in Belegete, Obanlikwu local government area of Cross River,…
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Earthquake, Terror Attacks, Coups … 10 Of Africa’s Most Fatal Incidents In 2023
The world has become less peaceful in recent years. With conflict-related deaths increasing by 96 per cent and escalating in…
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Boko Haram Suspected In Another Attack On Power Grid In North East Nigeria
Parts of Borno and Yobe States in Nigeria’s northeastern region are again in darkness following a suspected ISWAP attack on…
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Boko Haram Attacks Chibok Village, Leaves 2 Dead, Homes Burnt
A wave of terror swept through parts of Chibok Local Government Area (LGA) yesterday, Dec. 19, as Boko Haram terrorists…
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Students In Nigeria’s Sokoto University Live In Fear After Multiple Campus Attacks
On Monday, Oct. 2, villagers in Shama, a small community behind the central market in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, North…
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What Recurring Airstrike Mishaps Mean For Nigeria’s Counterterrorism Operations
The persistent attacks on civilians by both state and non-state actors as the fight against terrorism in North West Nigeria…
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MSF Reduces Medical Team In Zamfara Over Renewed Attacks
A resurgence of terrorist attacks has forced Medicins san Frontieres (MSF), a medical humanitarian group, to partially shut down its…
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Insurgents Attack Borno IDP Resettlement Site, Kill Security Agent
Boko Haram terrorists on Monday, Dec. 11, attacked a community in Jere, an area in Borno, northeastern Nigeria, that is…
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