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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What Happens To The Abducted And Forgotten?
She was standing by a stove outside her captor’s tent, holding a bowl from which she was supposed to fry…
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‘Like Slavery’: Nigeria’s Special Police Constables Risking Their Lives For Zero Pay
Nearly three years after Ibrahim Oladeni died as an officer of Nigeria’s Special Constabulary Police, his widow, Omolade, and his…
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Warabe: A People Fighting Terror To A Standstill In Borno
The youth of Warabe should have been scared to death. Over 50 terrorists, on motorcycles and bicycles, firearms blazing, stormed…
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Social Media ‘Crowdfunding’ Signals New Phase In Nigeria’s Spiralling Kidnapping Crisis
In Nigeria, kidnap-for-ransom has become a disturbingly booming enterprise over the past few years. There are frequent reports of violent…
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Some Communities In Nigeria’s Capital Have Become Increasingly Unsafe. Satellite Data Explains It
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria is the most protected place in the country. Priority areas like Asokoro and…
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Seeking Food From A Shark’s Mouth And Crowdfunding Your Way Out
How do you get ransom from a person who has nothing? One, you kidnap many people at once. Two, you…
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More Accountability, Less Politics: Experts Set Agenda For Nigeria’s Security Response
Nigeria enters 2024 with a burden of devastating and multifaceted crises, from increasing attacks in the North West to the…
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Abduction Of Family In Nigeria’s Capital City Raises Concerns About National Security Architecture
On the night of Jan. 2, terrorists invaded the Zuma 1 Bwari area of Nigeria’s capital city. They proceeded into…
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Shared Ethnicity With Terrorists Is Putting Fulanis At Risk In North West Nigeria
Buhari Umar lives with a bag full of questions. Every time he attempts to break the hush about the attack…
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Terrorists Kill Security Operatives In North West Nigeria
Terrorists have killed two security officers in the Anka town of Zamfara State, North West Nigeria, in reaction to the…
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