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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Nigerian Air Force Beechcraft Crashes In Kaduna With Crew, Army Chief
A Nigerian Air Force Beechcraft King Air 350i Aircraft with the country’s Chief of Army Staff and other military personnel…
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#Afaka39 Abduction (1): ‘I Touched A Corpse For The First Time In Captivity’
Listen to this story Before he was kidnapped from his hostel on March 11, 2021, alongside 38 others, Emmanuel Benson,…
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What Shekau’s Death Means For Security In Nigeria, Lake Chad
The days-long siege by Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters on one of the locations where Abubakar Shekau, leader…
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Relatively Few Women Have Been Detained At Giwa Barracks. Ya’ana Was There Twice.
“Hajja Ya’ana has come!” Unlike the other people she entered with, Ya’ana Kaumi*, 42, was not a strange face to…
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Clash Between CPC Rebels, CAR Soldiers Leaves Several Dead, Others Wounded In Bemal
Several persons are reported to have been killed and many others wounded during three days of fighting between rebels of…
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89 Soldiers, Others To Face Trial Over Massacres In DR Congo
The trial of 89 persons accused of involvement in the 2018 massacre of 535 people in Yumbi town, northwest Democratic…
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Attacks On INEC Offices: A Signpost On What Is To Come?
A wave of attacks on Nigeria’s electoral commission offices in southeast Nigeria is raising concerns about preparations for upcoming electoral…
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Cameroon Security Forces Arrest 4 Boko Haram Terrorists In Kijiyawa
Cameroon security forces have captured four Boko Haram terrorists in Kijiyawa village situated on the road to Kouyape in the…
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How Did Abubakar Shekau Die? Here’s What We Know So Far.
The circumstances leading to the death of notorious terror group leader, Abubakar Shekau, have been disputed by various reports, with…
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Russian Mercenaries Allegedly Rob, Kill Old Man In Central African Republic
An old man has been reported killed in his house and a Russian mercenary seriously wounded during a robbery raid…
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