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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Many Killed As Troops Repel ISWAP Attack On Military Base In Northwest Nigeria
An attack by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on a military Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Sokoto State, Northwest…
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Central African Republic Soldier Sentenced To 5 Years Imprisonment For Killing Colleague
A sergeant of the Central African Republic national army, FACA, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment and a fine…
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Troops Record Heavy Loss In ISWAP Ambush
The Nigerian military has reportedly suffered a huge loss of troops in an ambush by terrorists believed to be Islamic…
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Central African Republic: Bambari Residents Anxious Following Heavy Rebel Gunfire
Residents of Bambari, the provincial capital of Ouaka, situated 385 km from Bangui the Central African Republic capital, have been…
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Civilians Fleeing Komanda Town As ADF Rebels Abduct Children Into Bushes
Residents of Komanda, a town in the Basili chiefdom, 75 km to the south of Bunia in Ituri province of…
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Somalia: Alshabab Kills 7, Injures 9 in Suicide Mission
An Al-Shabaab suicide car bomber has targeted a convoy of VIP government officials in Mogadishu’s El-Gab district, near the President’s…
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U.S. AFRICOM Commander Reaffirms Commitment To Malian People, Armed Forces
In Mali, Gen. Stephen Townsend, the Commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), expressed the command’s solidarity with the…
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Future Implications Of Kogi State Vigilante Service In Solving Insecurity
The Kogi State government’s deployment of local security outfits in form of Kogi State Vigilante (KSV) and hunters to check…
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Central African Republic Lawmaker Accuses 3R Rebels, Russian Mercenaries Of Killings, Arson
Martin Ziguele, Member of Parliament for the Bocaranga 3 constituency in the Central African Republic who doubles as president of…
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Troops Repel Simultaneous Attacks On Borno, Yobe Villages
Troops of the Nigerian military have repelled coordinated attacks by suspected ISWAP terrorists on villages in Borno and Yobe states,…
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