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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Sit-At-Home: Has Kanu Lost Influence Over IPOB Insurgents In South East Nigeria?
Nothing will ever convince Okolie Ngozi that Mondays are no longer days of sit-at-home curfew in Imo. Even after listening…
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Terrorists Abduct Village Head, 4 Others In Zamfara
Terrorists have kidnapped Danjimma Hakimi, the village head of Kwali in Bukuyum area of North West Nigeria. He was abducted…
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Attacks On Farmers Hitting Food Supply In Nigeria’s Borno State
Last year, three friends — Mohammad Alkali, Habib Abakar, and Ali Mohammad — raised ₦1.3 million (about $1,700) to venture…
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Leaked Kaduna Train Letter Exposes Weaknesses In Security Planning And Infrastructure
An attack on the Abuja to Kaduna train line could be imminent, Nigeria’s domestic intelligence agency, the Department of State…
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Gold, Livestock And Bikes: How Abductees Paid Ransoms During Nigeria’s Cash Crunch
First, he froze in terror, then he blacked out. Aliyu Sani, 45, woke up in a filthy camp in the…
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Terrorists Shoot Down Helicopter In North-Central Nigeria
Terrorists operating in Niger State shot down a helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force on Monday, Aug. 14. The…
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Brutal Slaying Marks Islamic State’s Entry Into Conflict Between Nigerian Farmers And Herders
Terrorists who brutally killed a group of cattle herders were motivated by a new policy from the Islamic State in…
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Insecurity On The Maiduguri-Damboa Road Is Affecting Socio-Economic Activities
Ubale Ibrahim, a commercial driver plying Askira-Uba to Maiduguri is one of the few persons that have survived the terrorist…
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Boko Haram Terrorists Demand Smaller Ransoms, Victims Say It’s Because They’re Desperate
At dawn, a sense of dread envelops Muna, a makeshift displacement camp for victims of the Boko Haram insurgency, located…
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Terrorists Abduct 35 Residents During Attack In Zamfara
Residents of communities in Mafara and Maradun Local Government Areas of Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria, say 35 people were abducted…
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