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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Simon Ekpa: A Timeline of Events Leading up to IPOB Factional Leader’s DetentionÂ
Simon Ekpa, the factional leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was arrested by the Finnish National Bureau…
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Simon Ekpa Has Been Imprisoned. What Does it Mean for IPOB Agitation?Â
After many years of spreading repeated violent propaganda on social media, Simon Ekpa, leader of a faction of the proscribed…
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US Trains Cameroonian Forces to Curb Incessant IED Attacks by Armed Groups
The United States government has trained security operatives in Cameroon to curb the threats of improvised explosive devices (IED) used…
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After Freeing His Mother From Terrorists’ Den in Zamfara, He Killed Two of Her Captors
Left with no other choice, Usman Jabbi, a local man in Zamfara state, said he hacked to death two terrorists…
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A Tragic Femicide Case in Northeastern Nigeria Smells Like Honour Killing
Yakaka Alhaji Aisami did not know it when she woke up that morning in April this year, but two things…
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Mapping the Dangerous Enclaves of Lakurawa Terrorists in North West NigeriaÂ
Authorities in Sokoto called them a new terrorist group, even though they had existed for more than six years. When…
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Rising Child Malnutrition Amid Food Insecurity and Conflict in Northern Nigeria
 Six months ago, Fatima Modu, a resident of the Dagash IDP camp in Maiduguri, Borno State, northeastern Nigeria, noticed…
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Lakurawa: Once Called Harmless Herders, Now a Deadly Terror Group in North West Nigeria
About six years ago, locals in the Tangaza and Gudu areas of Sokoto raised an alarm over the suspicious activities…
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Rights Group Probes Military Drone Attack Targeted at Civilians in Mali
Amnesty International, a global human rights group, has charged government authorities to investigate the lethal drone strike that killed eight…
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Nigeria’s Army Chief Has Died. Here are Key Moments from the Late Taoreed Lagbaja’s TenureÂ
On Oct. 20, a social media post alleged that Lt. General Toareed Lagbaja, Nigeria’s former Chief of Army Staff (COAS),…
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