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 Steps Up Attacks In Cameroon’s Far North
Boko Haram has increased its attacks on civilians in Cameroon in recent weeks, forcing thousands of people from their homes,…
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Borno IDPs Decry Lack Of Security In Resettlement Camps
Ya Hindi’s troubles started eight years ago when she, alongside her family, was dislocated from Kodo in Borno state when…
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Farmers In Nigeria’s Zamfara Forced To Pay Protection Money By ‘Repentant’ Terrorist
A district in Zamfara that -until now- has been spared from extortion by armed groups has been forced into paying…
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‘Hundreds Killed’ In Attacks On Villages In Nigeria’s Plateau
The death toll from a series of attacks on villages in Plateau state could be more than 200, local activists…
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Over 50 Elderly Women Abducted And Tortured In Cameroon For Protesting High Taxes
Separatist terrorists who are trying to build a country from the two English-speaking regions of Cameroon have been forcefully collecting…
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Arrests Made Over Mass Killing In Chad
Dozens of highway robbers suspected to have been involved in a mass murder in Chad have been arrested as they…
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Terrorists Tortured Captives ‘For Sport’ In Northwest Nigeria
Mansur Garba, 22, says the reason he is still alive is a herbal substance that he believes gives him immunity…
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Villagers Chased From Their Homes By Midnight Attack In Nigeria’s Plateau State
Unidentified attackers have launched a series of armed assaults on villages in Plateau state that have sent villagers running for…
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Herders Are Increasingly Coming Under Attack In Northern Borno
As Bappa Tambaya, 57, moved around with his cattle as they grazed, he was attacked by armed men he thinks…
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Casualties Recorded In Attack On United States Embassy Convoy In Southeast Nigeria
The White House on Tuesday confirmed a deadly attack on a convoy moving United States (US) Embassy staffers in Nigeria’s…
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