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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545 Days (3): The Last Day?
The story of how Jummai Inuwa led five other women from ISWAP captivity concludes. She has spent 18 months in…
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Will Redesigning Naira Notes Improve Security In Northwest Nigeria?
A complete redesign of Nigeria’s banknotes has been announced as part of a plan to make it harder for terrorists…
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Financing The Ambazonian Dream
Lambi, the son of a cocoa farmer, ditched his childhood dream to make his family proud by becoming an accountant.…
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Wedding Party, 11 Others Abducted In Nigeria’s Northwest
Terrorists struck twice in a matter of hours in the same part of Zamfara Northewest Nigeria, kidnapping a bridal party…
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More On Attack On Military Base In Niger: Military Kill Terrorists, Recover Explosives, RPG
Amidst warning of a major terror attack around Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria, troops of the Nigeria Army had…
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Nigerian Army Base Holding Terrorism Suspects Suffers Attack In Night Raid
A Nigerian Army base serving as a holding facility for hundreds of terrorism suspects undergoing a special trial process has…
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Gunmen Set Couple Ablaze In Nigeria’s Zamfara
Gunmen in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria, on Saturday, Oct. 29, invaded Gayari community of the state and set a married…
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Terrorists Kidnap Zamfara District Head, Party Chieftain After Row Over Motorcycles
A terrorist group has abducted a District Head and a member of his close circle, in a dramatic double kidnapping…
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545 Days (2): Surviving Captivity
Part two of HumAngle’s serialisation of the story of Jummai Inuwa and her companions, kidnapped and held by the Islamic…
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Dozens Freed In Operation Against Terrorists In Nigeria’s Zamfara State
Security forces and local militias have freed 27 people held captive in the forests of Nigeria’s volatile Northwestern State of…
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