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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Mass Exodus Follows Abductions In A North-central Nigeria Community
Some of them have lived here all their lives, but everything changed since the kidnapping incident. “The bandits were shouting…
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The Race To Protect Nigeria’s Capital After Security Breaches
A series of high-profile incidents in the past few months has cast a shadow of concern around the security of…
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Three civilians killed by rebels in Eastern DR Congo clashes
Rebels have macheted and shot to death at least three people in North Kivu. Many more people are missing following…
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Kwamouth crisis has forced almost 12,000 people from their homes
Violence between two communities in western DR Congo has pushed almost 12,000 from their homes, local officials say. Since August,…
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Nigerian Military ‘Precision’ Airstrike Targets Gathering In Northwest
The Nigerian military has conducted a precision airstrike likely involving an armed drone against a gathering that included a terror…
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Clashes After Traditional Ruler Calls For End To Ethnic Violence In DR Congo
At least four people are reported to have been killed after clashes that followed the visit of a traditional ruler…
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Reporter’s Diary: Experiencing The Nightmare Of Southeast Nigeria’s “Sit-At-Home” Order
“No story is worth your life,” I was once told by a senior journalist. “Do everything to stay alive so…
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Nigerian Police To Prosecute Individuals Linked To Terror Attacks In Northwest
Several informants, terrorists, and arms smugglers linked to the violence and kidnapping in Zamfara, northwestern Nigeria, are scheduled to face…
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DR Congo-Teke And Yaka Communities Say They Are Prepared To Reconcile And Live Together In Peace
The Teke and Yaka communities in Kwamouth, located in Mai-Ndombe province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which have been…
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Bayelsa’s Boat-Riding Kidnappers And Towns Facing Abandonment
One evening in 2013, as Dauglas Augusta Apaga, 59, was preparing to close her shop at the Ogbia Town market,…
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