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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Extrajudicial Killings By Military In Cameroon Grow As Activists Decry It
Women in the Belo subdivision of the northwestern part of Cameroon say they have been burying young boys executed by…
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Farmers Risk It All To Work Fields In Nigeria’s Borno
Running late, 61-year-old grandmother Ammama Mohammed rushed to collect her farming tools and head out to her fields from her…
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A Rape Case Exposes The State Of Women’s Rights In Senegal
In Senegal, a rape case brought by a young woman against a prominent politician has laid bare the state of…
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Nasarawa Communities Recount Horror Of Dawn Attack That Claimed 37 Lives
When Emmanuel Maiganga, 44, saw his elder brother’s dead body, drenched in blood, he knew life would never remain the…
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Community Leader And Sons Killed In Nigeria’s Kaduna State
Suspected cattle rustlers have killed at least five people in ‘Yan Durme community of Zaria local government area, Kaduna State,…
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Terrorists Massacre Dozens Of Students, Abduct Others In Ugandan School Attack
Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorists attacked Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School in western Uganda on Friday night, killing at least 41…
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UN Peacekeepers Set To Leave Mali Following Fallout With Authorities
The UN Peacekeepers in Mali are set to leave the country after Mali’s Foreign Minister, Abdoulaye Diop, issued a demand…
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Boko Haram Beheads Farmers In Nigeria’s Borno State
Boko Haram terrorists have beheaded seven farmers near Maiduguri, Borno State northeast Nigeria, just as the state government is trying…
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‘I See Him When I Close My Eyes’: Victims Of Adamawa Communal Conflict Grieve
Hauwa’u Yayaji, 45, became nervous when her son said he was going out to see his friends. In the months…
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Extremist Violence In The Sahel Is Trickling Down To W/Africa’s Coastal Countries
West Africa has been embroiled in armed conflict for many years as terror groups wage war on governments and civilians.…
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