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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Women Are Both Victims And Combatants In Cameroon
Four years ago, Emmanuela started dating a separatist fighter in Bamenda, a town that has witnessed unrest since 2017. She…
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Cameroon: Teenage Mother Beheaded, Others Feared Killed In Bloody 48 hours
A young woman has been beheaded by fighters from a separatist terror group in Northwest Cameroon, part of a bloody…
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“Every Time I Close My Eyes, They Are Shooting Me Again…”
The excruciating pain and the trauma she experienced come back to her in a flood, even though the incident happened…
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Nigerian Terrorists Hold 1% Of All Firearms In West Africa, Says Gun Control Body
Terrorists and insurgent groups in Nigeria hold one out of every hundred illegal firearms in West Africa, according to new…
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Surviving Captivity Amidst The Violence In Southern Kaduna
Kiseria Gabriel’s life at Dogon Noma, Northwest Nigeria, consisted of taking care of her toddler and making steamed bean pudding…
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The Ghost Town Of Bagana
Bagana, a once thriving market town in Kogi State, north central Nigeria, is a ghostly shell of what it once…
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Abducted, Sold, And Chained Like A Slave
It is rare that a victim gets to hear details about his captor’s ‘trade’ directly from the source. But a…
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Once Intimate, Two Adamawa Communities Torn Apart By Land Dispute
Haruna Ali, 96, is one of many residents affected by the violent disputes between the Lunguda and Waja communities in…
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Boko Haram ‘Slaughtering’ People Every Friday In Remote Borno Community
Suspected members of Boko Haram are waging a new and sickening campaign of violence in a community in the Mandara…
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Naira Scarcity Fueling Bloody Protests In Southwest Nigeria
There is a growing unrest across Southwest Nigeria following the cash crunch caused by a scarcity of new-design naira notes.…
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