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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ISWAP Kills 2 Policemen As Service Chiefs Visit Maiduguri
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Sunday attacked Nigerian police and army units in Magumeri as the new…
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Citizens Living In Fear Despite Police Efforts To Check Crime In Anambra
The police in Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria, arrested no fewer than 20 criminal suspects in January, ranging from suspected cultists,…
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Armed Group Abducts 21 In Kaduna But Govt Claims Only Two Were Abducted
An armed group on Friday abducted about 21 commuters between Kurmin-Idon and Doka, along Kaduna-Kachia road, Kajuru Local Government Area,…
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Angry Adamawa Community Residents Protest Against Brutality By Soldiers
Angry residents of Kwalamba in Adamawa State, Northeast Nigeria occupied a military base on Saturday in protest against alleged human…
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Key Mastermind Of Kankara Abduction Injured In Deadly Clash Over Stolen Cattle
A notorious criminal, popularly known as Dankarami who is also believed to be one of the masterminds of the Kankara…
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48 Hours After, No News Of 7 Elak High School Students Kidnapped By Separatists
Distraught parents of the seven students of the Elak Government High School, in Bui Division, Northwest Region of Cameroon, kidnapped…
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Nigerian Troops, ISWAP Engage In Fierce Battle In Dikwa
A group of insurgents in gun trucks on Friday engaged Nigerian troops stationed in Dikwa, east of Maiduguri, Borno State…
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50 Missing After Suspected Terrorists Attack Niger Community
About 50 persons have been reported missing in Bassa, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, Northcentral Nigeria after gunmen…
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Buhari Seeks Senate’s Confirmation Of New Service Chiefs
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the National Assembly to confirm the nomination of the new Service Chiefs. Babajide Omoworare,…
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Aguleri-Umueri: Meandering Through Worn Paths In Search Of Peace Between Neighbours
On Jan. 20, Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria, inaugurated a special panel set up to investigate the…
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