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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Averaging 22 Deaths A Day: Buhari’s Legacy Of Fighting Insecurity, But Failing
Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s immediate past president, rode to office on a chariot of promises, one of which was to tackle…
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Residents In Fear As Road Transport Workers Cause Unrest In Ibadan
The sacking of a key transport union “boss” has sparked violence in Ibadan. Drivers and motor park customers had to…
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Vigilantes And Paramilitary Members In Nigeria’s Gwoza Quit Over Lack Of Pay
Members of two armed civilian security groups in a recently resettled area of the North East have quit the protection…
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Terrorists On Kidnapping Spree To ‘Get New Zamfara Govt’s Attention’
Terrorists have intensified kidnappings in order to “get the attention” of the newly installed government in Zamfara, Northwest Nigeria, HumAngle…
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Street Robberies: Losing Hope In Police, Kano Residents Fight Back With Mob Violence
A recent spike in incidents of fatal mob violence in Kano, a city in Northwest Nigeria, sparked by cases of…
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Boko Haram Steps Up Attacks In Cameroon’s Far North
Boko Haram has increased its attacks on civilians in Cameroon in recent weeks, forcing thousands of people from their homes,…
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Borno IDPs Decry Lack Of Security In Resettlement Camps
Ya Hindi’s troubles started eight years ago when she, alongside her family, was dislocated from Kodo in Borno state when…
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Farmers In Nigeria’s Zamfara Forced To Pay Protection Money By ‘Repentant’ Terrorist
A district in Zamfara that -until now- has been spared from extortion by armed groups has been forced into paying…
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‘Hundreds Killed’ In Attacks On Villages In Nigeria’s Plateau
The death toll from a series of attacks on villages in Plateau state could be more than 200, local activists…
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Over 50 Elderly Women Abducted And Tortured In Cameroon For Protesting High Taxes
Separatist terrorists who are trying to build a country from the two English-speaking regions of Cameroon have been forcefully collecting…
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