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 Evasive Funding Channels Sustaining Boko Haram/ISWAP in Nigeria
Beneath the violence that has come to define the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) lies a highly organised financial…
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Mass Displacements Amid Spiralling Violence in DR Congo
Scores of people have been displaced from Nyiragongo in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR…
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ISWAP Overruns Key Borno Sites in Coordinated Assault
A coordinated wave of violence has raged through Borno State in northeastern Nigeria between May 12 and 13, as the…
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TIMELINE: At Least 590 People Killed, 192 Kidnapped Across Nigeria in April
No fewer than 590 people were killed and at least 190 kidnapped in various incidents across Nigeria in April 2025,…
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Borno’s Resettled Families Are Quietly Fleeing Again
After over a decade of displacement, 63-year-old Fanne Goni believed life was finally returning to normalcy for her, her husband,…
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‘Better to Suffer in the Village’: Displaced Locals Return Home Amid Rising Insecurity in DR Congo
The Misinga locals of the Ikobo tribal group in the North Kivu area of the Democratic Republic of Congo are…
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In Nigeria’s Shiroro Town, Terrorists’ Incursions on Power Plant Threaten National Grid (2)
When a national treasure was planted on the shore of Shiroro in Niger State, North-central Nigeria, the locals heaved a…
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Civilians, Gov’ts on The Losing End As Gold Smuggling Booms in Africa
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Nasiru Adamu has a toxic relationship with terrorists operating in Zamfara, a…
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Troops Push Back M23 Rebels Amid Renewed Violence in DR Congo
After several days of relative peace, a resurgence of violence has been reported between the armed forces of the Democratic…
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What Justice Looks Like for Displaced People in Northern Nigeria
The first terror attack Falmata Ibrahim witnessed was in 2015; ten years later, the painful event still haunts her. Rain…
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