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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Factcheck: Video Of Rapid Gunfire Not Filmed During Boko Haram Invasion Of Niger State
An 18-seconds-long video has been making the rounds on Nigerian social media, purportedly showing young men in the country firing…
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Controlling Arms Smuggling Critical To Global Peace, Says UN Secretary-General Aspirant
When the United Nations was formed by 51 countries in 1945 after the Second World War, one of the most…
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Abducted Kaduna College Students Plead For Rescue In New Video
A video has emerged of the remaining abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria,…
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Angry IDPs Protest Killing Of Colleagues In Northcentral Nigeria, Block Highway
After seven Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) were gruesomely murdered and 15 others injured by suspected criminal herders, IDPs from the…
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Federal High Court Comes Under Attack In Southeast Nigeria
A criminal group on Tuesday, April 27, torched the Federal High Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, Southeast Nigeria, heightening…
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#EndSARS: Vandalised Police Stations May Be Fuelling Insecurity In Lagos Communities
Victor Paul*, a motorcycle rider, had set out at 6 a.m.—a daily routine for him—to pick residents trying to make…
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2 Die As Chadians Protest Against Military Junta, France
Two persons have reportedly died in the Chadian capital, N’Djamena, Tuesday morning as Chadians protested against the Transitional Military Council…
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CAR: UPC Rebels Invade Zemio Town, Loot And Destroy Houses
Rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) are continuing their onslaughts on the local populations as fighters of Union for…
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DR Congo Says No To Recruitment Of Former Rebels Into Army, Police
The newly sworn-in Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sama Lukonde and his government say they would not…
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Northwest State Government Closes Technical College For Fear Of Terrorist Attack
The Kano State Government in Northwest Nigeria has ordered the immediate closure of Government Technical College (GTC) Bagauda for fear…
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