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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Amid Boko Haram Crisis, Contraband Trade Thrives along Cameroon-Nigeria Borders
Amid ongoing terrorist activities by Boko Haram in northern Cameroon, particularly in the Far North, contraband trade with Nigeria and…
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Nigeria’s Conflicts Defy Simple Religious Labels
Nigeria’s security crisis gained ascendancy about two decades ago when Boko Haram terrorism emerged in the northeastern region. The crisis,…
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Air Raid Kills Four, Leaves Nine Wounded in CAR
Russian mercenaries of the Wagner Security Group have been accused of shooting at farmers from the air in the Central…
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Delta–Edo’s Deadly Highway: Between Kidnappers and Vigilantes
An invitation to a wedding ceremony in Lokoja set one traveller on a perilous road. He had been asked to…
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Adamawa IDPs Remember Home After a Decade Away
Life was good in Madagali. There was food, good shelter, and a large farm for 45-year-old Milcha Lazarus. But this…
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Lake Chad Communities Vulnerable Following MNJTF Exit Due to Boko Haram Attacks
The recent Boko Haram attack on Kirawa, a border town in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, northeastern Nigeria,…
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Four Dead, Several Injured in Boko Haram Attack on Adamawa Community
Boko Haram insurgents raided Wagga Mongoro, a rural community in Madagali Local Government Area (LGA), Adamawa State, in northeastern Nigeria,…
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Central African Republic Community Flees to UN Military Base as Border Town is Attacked
The population of Am Dafock, situated on the border between Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR), have been forced…
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Blood, Betrayal, and the Fractured Caliphate
Behind the facade of order and cunning that the terror group Boko Haram, and its splinter group ISWAP, flaunt to…
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South East Nigeria Still Reels from Nnamdi Kanu’s Incarceration
Most communities in southeastern Nigeria fall silent every Monday. Markets that once buzzed with commerce stand empty, schools that nurtured…
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