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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Killings and More Killings Turn Plateau Villages to Grave Yards
On Saturday, March 21, two soldiers on routine security monitoring duty did not return to base. They were ambushed, hacked…
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Lagos, Ogun Residents Resort To Self-Help, Social Media To Ward Off Robbers
Worried by incessant robbery attacks, some residents of communities in Lagos and Ogun states on Saturday resorted to self-help and…
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Ogun Residents Cry Out Over Frequent Robberies
Residents of Ifo, Sango-Ottah, Ogbayo, Ijoko-Ota and Agbado Oke-Aro areas of Ogun State have been unable to sleep peacefully due…
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Borno State Governor Confirms HumAngle Report About Fleeing Boko Haram Fighters
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has confirmed that fighters of Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) are…
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FactCheck: Did Chad’s Army Kill Abubakar Shekau?
Claim: A voice note circulating on WhatsApp with pictures of a dead body claims that Shekau was killed in a…
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576 Violent Deaths Recorded In Nigeria And The Lake Chad In 2 Weeks
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 576 Nigerians were violently killed in attacks in the past two…
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As Chad Puts Boko Haram on the Run, Nigeria Falters, Loses Opportunity
The Chadian military forces, as predicted, have unleashed remarkable venom on the positions of the terrorist groups in the Lake…
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Boko Haram On The Alert As Chad Prepares Major Response To Military Setbacks
Chad is preparing for what appears to be an all-out assault on insurgents operating in the Lake Chad Basin. A…
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Disarray in Boko Haram, 18 War Commanders Die in Air Strikes in Lake Chad
In a scale never reported by an independent source, HumAngle has exclusively obtained information that documents the pattern of fatalities…
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ISWAP Launches Bi-weekly Hausa Newspaper
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has intensified its recruitment drive in the Lake Chad region with the launch…
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