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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Woman, Six Children Killed In Kaduna Reprisal Attacks
A woman and six children were killed on Saturday in what was described as a reprisal attack on the Hausa/Fulani…
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ISWAP Abducts About 30 Passengers, Kills Soldier Along Maiduguri Road
About 30 passengers were abducted on Friday by ISWAP fighters at a checkpoint mounted by the insurgents along the main…
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Female Suicide Bomber Kills 3 Persons In Borno
A female suicide bomber on Friday detonated an explosive device in Konduga, about 40 kilometres southeast of Borno State capital,…
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Army, Govt Officials On The Run As Rebels Take Over Mbaika In CAR
Soldiers of the Central African Republic national army, the local administrator, the commandant of the gendarmerie and the commissioner of…
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Shekau And Govt’s Claims On Kankara Abduction Raise Unanswered Questions
The video of the Kankara schoolboys released by Boko Haram several hours before the students regained freedom indicates that the…
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UN Security Council Extends Mandate Of Forces In DR Congo By Another Year
The United Nations Security Council Friday night voted to extend the mandate of the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in…
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Buhari Raises Concern Over High Rate Of Insecurity
President Muhammadu Buhari has raised concern over growing insecurity, especially in Northern Nigeria. He expressed the view shortly before meeting…
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Gunmen Kidnap Kogi Traditional Ruler Hours After Zamfara Emir’s Attack
Shaibu Usman, the Acting Eje Of Ankpa, was kidnapped on Friday at about 5:30 am, while entering a mosque in…
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Terrorists Becoming ‘Magnanimous’ As Governors Insist No Ransom Was Paid?
The governors of Katsina and Zamfara states have maintained that no money exchanged hands to secure the release of over…
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Gunmen Kill 7 People In Kaduna Community
About seven persons were killed Thursday night when gunmen attacked the Gora Gan community in Zangon Kataf Local Government of…
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