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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‘Negotiate With Us Now’: Terrorists Launch Attacks To Seek Govt’s Patronage In Nigeria’s Northwest
On July 3, a group of armed terrorists invaded the Gwaram village of Zamfara State in Nigeria’s northwestern region. Residents…
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Cameroon Separatists Kidnap Students For Sitting For Public Exams
Parents whose children took official national examinations in the crisis-hit northwest of Cameroon have raised an alarm over a series…
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Human Rights Abuses Shake Burkina Faso Amidst Insurgency
Human Rights Watch has documented several incidents of gross human rights violations committed by Burkina Faso armed forces against civilians,…
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War Crimes Against DRC Children Worsening But Not Getting Enough Attention
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the worst place to be a child living in a conflict situation, and…
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Chad’s President Says He Forgives Those Who Demonstrated On October 20
Mr Mahamat, while receiving wishes from the country’s superior council for Islamic Affairs on the heels of the Tabaski feast…
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Extrajudicial Killings By Military In Cameroon Grow As Activists Decry It
Women in the Belo subdivision of the northwestern part of Cameroon say they have been burying young boys executed by…
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Farmers Risk It All To Work Fields In Nigeria’s Borno
Running late, 61-year-old grandmother Ammama Mohammed rushed to collect her farming tools and head out to her fields from her…
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A Rape Case Exposes The State Of Women’s Rights In Senegal
In Senegal, a rape case brought by a young woman against a prominent politician has laid bare the state of…
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Nasarawa Communities Recount Horror Of Dawn Attack That Claimed 37 Lives
When Emmanuel Maiganga, 44, saw his elder brother’s dead body, drenched in blood, he knew life would never remain the…
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Community Leader And Sons Killed In Nigeria’s Kaduna State
Suspected cattle rustlers have killed at least five people in ‘Yan Durme community of Zaria local government area, Kaduna State,…
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