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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In Sudan, Aid Workers Are Paying With Their Lives As War Rages
Staff of international humanitarian organisations are at the receiving end of the ongoing war in Sudan. The raging feud between…
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Zamfara Residents Protest Release Of Women Held As Pawns Against Terrorists
Hundreds of residents in Birnin-Magaji local government area staged a peaceful protest against the release of two women held by…
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2 Herders Killed During Vigilante Group Raid In Zamfara Market
Eye witnesses say an armed vigilante group numbering about 60 on Wednesday, Aug. 30 killed two herders in Bungudu Central…
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Farmers Hold 2 Women Captive As Negotiating Pawns In Zamfara
Farmers of Birnin-Magaji community in Zamfara State on Tuesday, Aug. 28 abducted two milkmaids suspected to be Fulani women in…
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42 Women Kidnapped By Boko Haram In Borno Released In Exchange For Cash, Food
A group of 42 peasant women kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists last week have been released after intense negotiations at…
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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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