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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‘Yan Daba: The Local Gangs Terrorising Kano Neighbourhoods
A blow to the back, a stab in the face, and then … darkness, a total void with deafening silence. …
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Terrorists Kill 3, Abduct 24 In Nigeria Junior Defence Minister’s Neighbourhood
Rampaging terrorists have abducted 24 persons in Maradun, the hometown of Nigeria’s minister of state for defence, Bello Matawalle, in…
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Terrorists Destroy Radio Mast In Zamfara To Stop Victims From Calling For Help
Motorcycle-riding terrorists ravaged the Zurmi Emirate Council complex on Wednesday, April 24, in Zamfara, North West Nigeria, destroying a telecommunications…
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The Curious Journey Of Woman Who Declared Yoruba Independence From Nigeria
No one saw it coming. A fair woman clad in white native attire sat before a camera on April 12,…
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Terrorists Disguised As Muslim Women Kill 4 In North West Nigeria
Terrorists clad in niqab, a loose garment worn by Muslim women, attacked residents in different parts of Tsafe, a community…
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Heightened Security, Panic In Southwestern Nigeria Following Yoruba Nation Coup Attempt
After seeing the viral video of some individuals who attempted to take over the government secretariat and House of Assembly…
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Fishermen In Nigeria’s North East Either Pay Levies To Terrorists Or Risk Assault, Death
Standing on the shores of Lake Chad in Baga, Nigeria’s North East, 41-year-old Yusuf Usman and his son, Ibrahim, tidied…
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A Decade After, 89 Abducted Chibok Girls Still Missing – Borno Gov’t
Ten years have passed since the infamous night of April 14, 2014, when Boko Haram insurgents stormed the Government Girls…
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Living On Edge In A Terrorised Nigerian City
The Bright Udenze Ogbuabia family had a dream: to build their own house in a city they had come to…
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Why Is The Crisis In Africa’s Central Sahel Getting Worse?
The epicentre of terrorism has relocated from the Middle East to Sub-Saharan Africa. According to the Global Terrorism Index report…
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