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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Chronicle of Attacks on Churches, Mosques, and Schools in Nigeria (2000–2025)
The old walls of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, South West Nigeria, shook at 9:30 a.m.…
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Taraba Communities Are Choosing Words Over Weapons
The echoes of gunfire still haunt Abdullahi Wakili. What he remembers most, however, is the silence that followed — the…
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Tension as Mass Displacement Trails Local Militia Clashes in DR Congo
Scores of locals were uprooted from their households following clashes between the Wazalendo militia and the Twirwaneho group in several…
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Congolese Forces Accuse M23 of Frustrating Ongoing Peace Accords
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s armed forces have accused the M23/AFC rebels of undermining recent peace efforts, warning that…
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Adamawa Farmers Bury Their Dead as Old Conflicts Flare Again
The midday sun blazed over Bare village, but the heat that lingered in the air was nothing compared to the…
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Widowed by Boko Haram, Swept by Floods, but She Refused to Sink
The 300 metres separating Aisha Ali’s new house from the old farmhouse may seem short, but it represents the long…
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Shrinking Water Sources Stir Farmer-Herder Tensions in Adamawa Community
Bello Gambur dreads going to the stream before 2 p.m. Every morning, he leaves home with a herd of over…
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Boko Haram is Tracking and Assassinating Defectors in Nigeria’s North East. Here’s How
His past refused to let go. When Kakana renounced allegiance to Boko Haram in 2021, he returned home hoping to…
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Post-Election Violence Risks More Conflict in Fragile Cameroon
The streets have grown restless since Cameroon announced the results of its Oct. 12 presidential election, which returned 92-year-old Paul…
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What’s Left of Benue State’s Deserted Communities?
The paths that lead home are now silent. But it wasn’t always like that. Years ago, weekdays in Tse Torkula…
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