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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Owo Church Massacre: Nigerian Military Announces Arrest Of Suspects
Nigeria’s military says it has arrested persons suspected to have orchestrated the attack on St Francis Catholic Church in Owo,…
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DR Congo Priest Wounded In Attack On Convent, Dies
A catholic priest working at the Mukasa convent in Kikwit, Kwilu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rev. Father…
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Chadian Military Gov’t Signs Peace Deal Without Major Rebel Group
The transitional military government of Chad has signed a peace deal with political opposition groups ahead of a national reconciliation…
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Rebels Kill 60 People In Democratic Republic Of Congo Over The Weekend
At least 60 people, including one soldier, were killed between Friday, Aug. 5 and Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, in clashes…
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7 Killed In Gruesome Attack In Southeast Nigeria
Many non-indigenes living in Orogwe, a community in Owerri, southeastern Nigeria, have vacated their homes following the murder of seven…
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Should Nigerian Forces Carpet-Bomb Forest Areas In Tackling Terrorism?
Several Nigerians, including political leaders in the country, have floated the notion of defeating terrorists in Nigeria with carpet bombing.…
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Inter-communal Clash Leaves 5 Dead In DR Congo
Inter-communal clashes between Teke and Yaka in the Kwamouth territory of Mai-Ndombe province in the Democratic Republic of Congo led…
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Four Police Officers Killed In Attack In Southeast Nigeria
Four Nigerian Police Officers were killed on Friday, August 5th, when a group of separatist militants attacked the Agwa Divisional…
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Amid Rising Insecurity, Zamfara Gov’t Asks IDPs To Return Home
The Zamfara Government has ordered Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in terrorised communities of the state to return to their home…
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U.S. Played Secret Role In Nigeria Attack That Killed More Than 160 Civilians
The United States played an unacknowledged role in the 2017 bombing of an internally displaced persons’ camp in Nigeria that…
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