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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Boko Haram Attacks Chibok Village, Leaves 2 Dead, Homes Burnt
A wave of terror swept through parts of Chibok Local Government Area (LGA) yesterday, Dec. 19, as Boko Haram terrorists…
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Students In Nigeria’s Sokoto University Live In Fear After Multiple Campus Attacks
On Monday, Oct. 2, villagers in Shama, a small community behind the central market in Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, North…
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What Recurring Airstrike Mishaps Mean For Nigeria’s Counterterrorism Operations
The persistent attacks on civilians by both state and non-state actors as the fight against terrorism in North West Nigeria…
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MSF Reduces Medical Team In Zamfara Over Renewed Attacks
A resurgence of terrorist attacks has forced Medicins san Frontieres (MSF), a medical humanitarian group, to partially shut down its…
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Insurgents Attack Borno IDP Resettlement Site, Kill Security Agent
Boko Haram terrorists on Monday, Dec. 11, attacked a community in Jere, an area in Borno, northeastern Nigeria, that is…
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Ambazonian Insurgents Ravage Nigerian Community For Housing Refugees From Cameroon
Belegete is a border village between Nigeria and Cameroon. The community in Nigeria’s Cross River State has hosted refugees from…
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The Year Was Blessed For Farmers, But Terrorists Stole It All
The 2023 rains had renewed Bara’u Abdulmutallib’s hope of a bumper harvest. He had planted bean seeds with great expectations…
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Nigerian Army Admits Airstrike On Kaduna Community, As Amnesty International Calls For Probe
A few hours after the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) exonerated itself from an airstrike that killed dozens of villagers in…
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The Victims Of Farmer-Herder Conflict In Nigeria’s Northeast
Before he was attacked last month, 23-year-old Salisu Ibrahim had witnessed several altercations with herders whose cattle usually encroach farms…
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Airstrike ‘Kills Scores’ During Religious Procession In North West Nigeria
Residents of Tudun Biri, in the Igabi local government area of Kaduna state, North West Nigeria, have raised an alarm…
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