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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Jungle Justice Pervades In Northcentral Nigeria Over High Level Of Criminality
Following an upsurge in motorcycle theft at gunpoint and other crimes in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, Northcentral Nigeria, the…
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Armed Group Destroys Police Station In Southeast
A group of assailants suspected to be members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), an armed division of the proscribed…
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2 Men Die In Rebels’ Ambush In DR Congo
Two men were killed on Monday in an ambush linked to combatants of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in Mighende…
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Panic In CAR As Rebels Return To Town
The return of rebel fighters of the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC) from the hills around the national capital…
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Governor Warns Herders Against Carrying Illegal Arms In Northcentral Nigeria
Samuel Ortom, Governor of Benue State, Northcentral Nigeria, has warned that he would not tolerate illegal possession of arms by…
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How MSF Manages To Treat Children In Borno’s Unsafe Villages
The decade-old Boko Haram insurgency in Northeast Nigeria has rendered parts of Borno, especially outside the state capital of Maiduguri,…
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Gunmen Abduct Monarch, Lecturer In Southern Nigeria
In separate attacks, armed men have kidnapped a monarch and a university lecturer in Rivers State, South-south Nigeria, officials said…
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Terrorists Kill 5 Displaced Persons In Borno
Terrorists have killed at least five internally displaced persons collecting firewood outside the Garrison town of Damboa in Borno State,…
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DR Congo Govt Vows To Fish Out Killers Of Italian Ambassador
The Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC government, says it will do everything in its powers to ensure that the Italian…
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Tricycle Operators’ Strike Leaves Commuters Stranded In Kano
Tricycle operators in Kano State, Northwestern Nigeria, Monday commenced an indefinite strike over a series of allegations against the Kano…
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