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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Arms Control Gaps Among Nigeria’s Volunteer Security Outfits Pose Grave Danger — Report
For over a decade, Nigeria’s military has fought to reclaim control over territories ravaged by extremist violence in the North…
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Terrorists Break Peace Accord With Local Communities in North West Nigeria
Terrorists have violated the peace accord with seven communities in Zamfara state, North West Nigeria. Barely a year after brokering…
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Boko Haram Releases Shocking Video of Beheadings in North East Nigeria
In a chilling resurgence of violence, suspected members of Boko Haram have released a graphic video depicting the brutal beheading…
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Protests by Former Boko Haram Members Raise Safety Concerns Among Maiduguri Residents
Former members of the Boko Haram terror group, who had previously surrendered to the Nigerian state, staged a protest on…
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Displacement Camp No Longer a Place of Refuge for Maiduguri’s IDPs
It was midnight. Yasin Dogo, 25, was fast asleep when someone tapped his neck. He opened his eyes, expecting to…
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The Hidden Face Of Cameroon’s Dirty War
Two peace plants sprouting on rusty-red soil are what help Morine Ngum today to locate the grave of her late…
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Nigerian Military’s Recent Tactical Actions Spark Renewed Optimism For Safety
Residents of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno, northeastern Nigeria, have been through a roller coaster of emotions since the emergence…
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‘Symbolic, Populist Move’: Why Reactionary Fights Against Terrorism May Fail In North West Nigeria
Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, touched down at the Sultan Abubakar International Airport in Sokoto, North West…
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MSF Raises Concerns Over Soaring Cases Of Acute Malnutrition In North West Nigeria
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a global organisation providing humanitarian medical care, has declared that one in four children in the…
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Armed Violence Closes Over 14,000 Schools In Africa, Leaving Millions Without Education
Education in conflict zones across West and Central Africa is increasingly under threat. According to a recent report by the…
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