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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Stray Bullets Hit Villagers Protesting Over Withdrawal Of Soldiers From Sokoto Community
Nigerian soldiers allegedly shot at two civilians protesting against the withdrawal of military officers in the Lambar-Tureta area of Sokoto…
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Abandoned Nigeria’s Numan-Jalingo Road Traps Travellers For Criminals
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… In Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria, Numan-Jalingo is a crucial highway that enables…
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Insurgency Alters The Dynamics Of Farming In Northeastern Nigeria
On July 6, a much-needed downpour soaked the Dikwa Local Government Area (LGA) in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, bringing a…
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Rebel Group Attacks On China-Funded Oil Project In Niger Have Wide Implications
On June 16, a rebel group in the Niger Republic, the Patriotic Liberation Front (FPL), claimed responsibility for a series…
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Ungoverned Forests In Southern Nigeria Are Fueling Crime And Sectarian Violence
As far as many residents of southeastern Nigeria are concerned, the vast stretch of interstate borderland between Anambra and Imo…
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Nigeria’s Poor Criminal Justice System Is Fueling Terrorism. Here’s How
He was arrested for aiding and abetting terrorists; eleven months later, he became a free man. Abubakar Yussufu, also known…
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Military Operation Frees 277 Women, Children In Northeast Nigeria
About 277 women and children were rescued from Boko Haram and ISWAP controlled teritories in Borno State, North East Nigeria,…
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Dozens Of Nigerians Displaced, Scores Abducted By Nigerien Terrorists
Terrorists from the Niger Republic have reportedly established a camp in the last few weeks in Goronyo, Sokoto, North West…
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Before IPOB, There Was MASSOB: Nigeria’s Long History Of Biafran Nationalism
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Chapter I: How it started Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigeria’s first democratically elected president…
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Soft Targets, Porous Borders: Why Niger Republic Terrorists Are Trooping Into Nigeria
With armed and menacing groups from the Niger Republic launching new waves of terror campaigns, violent attacks recently spiked up…
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