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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Civilians, Soldiers Die Following 3 Days Of Fighting In Eastern DR Congo
A total of sixteen persons, including two soldiers, have been killed in the northeast and the eastern Democratic Republic of…
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An Encounter With Kano’s Gang Of Phone Snatchers
On Aug. 24, a lorry heading towards Dawanau foodstuff market in Kano, Northwest Nigeria, blocked the ever-busy Kofar Ruwa underpass,…
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Terror Leader Conscripts 240 Residents As Farmhands In Northwest Nigeria
Dogo Gudale, a terror leader in Northwest Nigeria, has conscripted 240 people from 12 communities to work as his farmhands…
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DRC, Uganda Military Operations Preventing ADF Rebels From Recruiting
Major General Kayanja Muhanga of the Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) has revealed that the joint military operations being carried…
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Kiwanja Residents Protest Redeployment Of DRC MONUSCO Forces To Area
There was renewed tension in Kiwanja, a community 75km from Goma in DRC’s Rutshuru territory, on the morning of Friday,…
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The Deadly Crises Tearing Nigerian Rural Communities Apart
Azeez Adam, 52, stretched his left leg, braced with a metal cage, in his hospital bed by the door of…
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ICRC Charges MNJTF With Adhering To Rules Of Engagement In Lake Chad
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has on Wednesday, Aug. 24, requested that rules of engagement be followed…
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We Asked AI To Write About Violence In Zamfara, Nigeria. This Is The Result.
What is the situation in Zamfara? Since 2011, Zamfara State in Northwestern Nigeria has suffered from a wave of banditry,…
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Fact-check: Did Gov’t Forces Kill Top Insurgent Leaders In Northeast Nigeria?
The Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to Nigeria’s President, Ajuri Ngelale, claimed in an Arise TV interview on Saturday,…
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Security Stakeholders In Zamfara Skeptical Of Terror Kingpin’s Repentance
Analysts familiar with terrorist operations in Zamfara, Northwest Nigeria, as well as a committee on the prosecution of terrorists and…
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