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.
-
‘No Demands Made Yet’: Boko Haram Confirms Abducting Kankara Schoolboys
Boko Haram has confirmed that it was responsible for the abduction of over 300 students from Kankara, Katsina State, last…
Read More » -
Northeast Nigeria Facing Severe Landmine Emergency – MAG
Mines deployed in Nigeria’s Northeast region left 408 people dead and 644 injured between January 2016 and August, 2020, …
Read More » -
Abductors Of Kankara Students Finally Communicate Demands
The abductors of hundreds of schoolboys in Kankara community, Katsina State, northwest Nigeria, have made first contact with a set…
Read More » -
#Kankaraschoolboys: Northern Group Says Will Trek To Daura Over Students’ Abduction
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) on Monday said its Katsina State chapter would trek to Daura, the hometown of…
Read More » -
Amidst Growing Violent Crimes, Nigerian Customs Intercept Truck-Load Of Guns
Officers of the Nigerian Customs Service have intercepted a truck loaded with locally produced rice with some sacks containing 73…
Read More » -
Police Rescue Man From Cultists In Anambra
Police in Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria Friday night rescued a man from a group of cultists who wanted to assassinate…
Read More » -
Presidency, Katsina State Govt Give Conflicting Number Of Missing Schoolboys
The Federal Government of Nigeria has downplayed the number of missing schoolboys from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State,…
Read More » -
Africa Home to 7 of 10 Riskiest Countries in the World – Index
A quarterly ranking of terrorism intensity index has put seven African countries in the first 20 among 198 riskiest nations…
Read More » -
Boko Haram Claims Responsibility For Attack In Diffa, Niger Republic
Abubakar Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram, Jama’atu Ahlussunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad (JAS), has released a new video in which it…
Read More » -
IPOB Launches Vigilance Outfit To Ward Off Herdsmen, Insecurity In Southeast
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says it has floated a security outfit codenamed Eastern Security Network (ESN) to protect…
Read More »
