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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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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A Day In The Lives Of Zamfara Residents Forced To Labour For Terrorists
Shehu Mamman’s heart was so heavy that when he returned home, he had to tell his wife, Hafsi, everything –…
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545 Days (1): A Great Escape From The Heart Of Terror
“Today is the D-Day of our escape,” abducted humanitarian worker Jummai Inuwa said firmly to the other women in her…
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Terrorists Violate ‘Peace Pact’, Attack Zamfara Community
Terrorists have made a series of attacks on a town in Zamfara state, breaking a pact the community thought spared…
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Between Armed Violence And Unaffordable Healthcare
“By Allah, it is now very difficult for me to feed myself or even buy drugs,” Jabir Bello utters in…
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DR Congo – “Uniformed” Gunmen Burn Down Police Post
A local administrator has asked for help from the Military of the DR Congo after men apparently dressed in uniforms…
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