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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Reporter’s Diary: From Niger Republic To Sokoto … A Night Journey Through ‘Bandit’ Areas
5:05 p.m. After stopping by the palace to meet the Sarkin Arewa Gobir Chadakori, we arrive at one of the…
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‘You Are Too Poor:’ Terror Leader Tells Abducted Firewood Hawkers, Frees Them
Seven firewood hawkers abducted on Sunday, Aug. 8, by terrorists in a forest known as Dajin-Yamma, about a kilometre and…
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Smugglers, Customs Officers Turn Residential Towns To Battlefield In Southwest Nigeria
Like troubled grasses on an elephant pathway, residents of communities close to Nigeria’s border crossing points with the Republic of…
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Nigerian Military Expands Air Flights In Northeast To Curb Abduction Of Soldiers
The Nigerian military is expanding airlift in the Northeast region to include frequent flights services for counter insurgency troops travelling…
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Public Outcry Trails Murder Of Journalist In Eastern DR Congo
Public outcry and condemnation have continued to greet the murder of Heritier Mayangana, a journalist and technician with the Congolese…
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3 Die, Vehicles Razed In IPOB’s Sit-At-home Order In Southeast Nigeria
Three persons have been reported dead in Anambra and Imo states, Southeast Nigeria, following a sit-at-home order by the proscribed…
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22 Die In Farmers Herders Clashes In Chad
Clashes between farmers and herders in Moito canton situated in Hajer Lamis province of Chad have resulted in the death…
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Armed Gang Abducts Commissioner In North-Central Nigeria State
Muhammed Sanni Idris, the Commissioner for Information in Niger State, North-central Nigeria has been abducted by suspected terrorists. Idris was…
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Corpses Of 5 Civilians Killed By ADF Rebels In DR Congo Discovered
The bodies of five civilians suspected to have been killed by rebels of the Alliance Democratic Forces (ADF) have been…
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Police Station Attack: One Police Officer, 3 Others Die In Southeast Nigeria
Four persons, including a police inspector died in an attack on a police station in Orsu Local Government Area of…
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