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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Analysing Nigerian Military’s Deep Push Into Sambisa Forest
Nigerian troops have recently pushed deeper into the Sambisa forest after achieving a limited incursion last year, the advancement leading…
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ADF Rebels Kill 14 Farmers In DR Congo
Fourteen civilians were killed on Thursday and Friday, April 7 and 8, by an armed gang suspected to be rebels…
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#KadunaTrainAttack: More Victims Appear In New Video
A series of videos obtained by HumAngle of the Kaduna train attack on 28 March, shows victims, surrounded by their…
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Expert Says Weak Evidence Gathering Complicating War Against Boko Haram
Dr Fatima Akilu, a psychologist and expert in countering violent extremism says poor method of gathering evidence is one of…
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IED Explosion Kills 6 In North Kivu, DR Congo
Authorities in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo say they are suspecting that Islamist jihadists operating…
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Villagers Kill 3 Separatist Fighters In Mbalangi, Cameroon
Villagers in Mbalangi, located in Mbonge sub-division, Meme division in the English-speaking Southwest region of Cameroon have killed three Anglophone…
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DR Congo Army Arrests 2 Suspected Kidnappers In Nyiragongo
The DR Congo national army, FARDC on Wednesday, April 6, arrested two persons suspected to be kidnappers in the village…
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Should Nigerians Be Allowed To Bear Arms?
In a passionate presentation on the floor of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, majority leader Alhassan Ado-Doguwa called on the federal…
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Widowed By ‘Bandits’ (1): Anguish Of Sokoto Women Who Lost Their Husbands To Terror Attacks
Ziyanu Ibrahim, 37, was sleeping in his room in Goronyo, Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria, on Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, when he…
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Insecurity: Over 1,200 Killed In Nigeria In March, Highest Death Toll This Year
The rate at which lives are lost to violent events in Nigeria rose in March compared to the first two…
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