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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Gunmen Kill Police Officer, Abduct Others In Sokoto
The Divisional Police Officer of Gidan Madi police station in Sokoto’s Tangaza Local Government Area, northwest Nigeria, DSP Aliyu Bello…
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Cameroon Deploys Soldiers To Central African Republic
Cameroon has deployed a contingent of 1,150 soldiers to the Central African Republic to join the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated…
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Unsafe Abuja-Kaduna Highway Vs Corrupt Rail Officials — Commuters Forced To Pick
Wednesday, September 9: Abuja was tense, under the grip of some sinister foreboding. There had been intelligence information about terrorists…
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Locally Produced Firearms Contributing To Violence In Northwest – Experts
The proliferation of light arms has contributed to violence and the displacement of populations in Nigeria’s Northwest region, security experts…
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Factcheck: Nigeria Not Ranked Third Most Terrorised Country In 2020
Television Continental (TVC), a channel based in Lagos, claimed last week that Nigeria is ranked as the worst country in…
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Fear Of Reprisals Grips Middle-Belt After Nigerian Army Kills Terror Leader
A spectre of impunity and violence hangs over Nigeria. On September 8, 2020, what seemed a replay of the costly…
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Nigerian Air Force Scales Up Operation In Northwest
On Sunday, September 13, 2020, Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft conducted a bombing raid on a terror camp after intelligence…
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Security Challenges Deepening Inequalities in Northern Nigeria – Report
A report released by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) on September 15, 2020, concludes that challenges of insecurity…
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Hundreds Flee As 3R Rebels Invade Communities In Central African Republic
Rebels of the Retour, Reclamation and Rehabilitation (3R) rebel movement in the Central African Republic, from Sunday to Monday, September…
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Cameroon In the Throes As Boko Haram Suicide Bomber Kills 5
Boko Haram terrorist attacks have been on the rise in the Far North Region of Cameroon during the past months…
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