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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ISWAP Advance Into Kukawa Town In Borno State
The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), a splinter group of Boko Haram attacked Nigerian troops in the historic…
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Central Africa: Panic As Rebel Leader Orders Election Officials To Quit Town
There was a lot of panic when Retour, Réclamation et Réhabilitation – Return, Reclamation and Rehabilitation (3R) rebel leader, self-proclaimed…
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Papua New Guinea: 11 Shot Dead In Prison Break
11 prisoners have been shot dead following a mass jailbreak in Papua New Guinea and 36 others remain on the…
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Katsina: Police Arrest Suspected Informants For Terrorists
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a notorious syndicate of terrorists’ collaborators and informants that specialise in receiving rustled…
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Lake Chad: Nigerian Airforce Destroys ISWAP, Boko Haram Positions
On Monday, August 16, 2020, combat aircraft attached to the Air Task Force of Operation LAFIYA DOLE destroyed hideouts and…
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Niger Frees 11 Boko Haram Hostages
Troops from Niger Republic have freed 11 villagers, four of them children, who had been seized by Boko Haram jihadists…
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DR Congo Militia Kills 12 In Beni Region
Twelve people have been killed over three days by a notorious militia in the troubled Beni region of eastern DR…
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Blast at Hotel In Somali Capital Mogadishu
At least five people were killed on Sunday when gunmen stormed an upscale beachfront hotel in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, following…
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Suspected Serial Killer Escapes From Police Custody In Oyo State
Sunday Shodipe, the prime suspect in serial killings at Moniya Ibadan, Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, has escaped…
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Masari and Mailafia And The Web of Disinformation On Boko Haram Insurgency
Obadiah Mailafia, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) educated at the Oxford University, London, backtracked…
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