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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Three Peace Accords Later, Tshobo and Bachama Still Clash in Adamawa
It was December 23, 2025. A group of young men mounted motorcycles and rode through the warring communities of Lamurde…
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Terrorists in Borno Executed IDPs After Families Couldn’t Raise Ransom
Jidda Hadu is married and has six children who depend entirely on him for survival. His younger brother, Mohammed Hadu,…
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The Performative US Airstrike That May Have Killed No Terrorists in Nigeria
In the evening, moments before the United States’ aerial operation in northwestern Nigeria, a helicopter hovered above the perimeters of…
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Intense Fighting in DR Congo As Warring Parties Defy Peace Agreements
Amid local and foreign interventions to achieve peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo‘s eastern region, violent clashes persist…
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In the Aftermath of the Mosque Bomb Blast in Maiduguri
It was almost 6 p.m. on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 24. Makinta Bukar had finished attending to a customer…
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Humanitarian Crisis Worsens in DR Congo As M23 Rebels Refuse to Withdraw from Uvira
On Dec. 17, the M23/AFC rebels announced their withdrawal from Uvira, a city in the South Kivu Province of the…
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Mass Displacement Looms in Northwest Nigeria Following US Airstrikes, Misinformation
When the explosive devices from the US airstrike landed in Birkini, a satellite village in Jabo town, Sokoto, North West…
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The US Launched an Airstrike in Northwestern Nigeria. Here’s How it Went
A few locals gathered in an open area around 10 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 25, when they saw a projectile…
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35 Injured, 5 Killed in Mosque Suicide Bombing in Maiduguri
A suicide explosion occurred at Al-Adum Jummat Mosque in Gamboru Market area of Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, on Wednesday, Dec. 24. …
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What JNIM’s Entry into Nigeria Means for Security in the Sahel
On the morning of Oct. 31, a short propaganda message began circulating across jihadist-aligned online channels. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin…
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