Extremism
HumAngle’s Extremism Desk coordinates investigations into, among other issues, online recruitments, homegrown and transnational radicalisation, terrorist and extremist propaganda, and the dark web.
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The War Over Who Is Muslim
For years, the Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terror groups have told Muslims in Nigeria…
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Seeking Redemption, Spurring Terror: The Curious Lives of Former Boko Haram Fighters in Nigeria
As a pariah child in search of Islamic knowledge, Goni Abubakar has no clue what it means to hold a…
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ISWAP Used Theology to Absorb the Shock of Its Deadliest Week
For the Islamic State (IS) and its West Africa Province (ISWAP), the third week of May 2026 began with a…
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They Once Fought For Boko Haram. Now They Fight For Nigeria
Across northeastern Nigeria, former Boko Haram insurgents now move with Nigerian troops into forests they once controlled. They identify footpaths…
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How Nigeria Escaped Trump’s Crosshairs
There are moments when nations move dangerously close to collapse before the public fully realises it. It begins with carefully…
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Abu Bilal Al-Minuki: The Terrorist Who Died Twice
By the time the announcement that Abu Bilal Al-Minuki was killed reached the outside world, the strike itself was already…
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The Making of the Boko Haram Army
On a hauntingly cold night in 2008, a 28-year-old impressionable fan of Mohammed Yusuf sat in the latter’s compound in…
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Ideology, Blood, and War: Rethinking the Origins of Boko Haram
Before he became a fugitive preacher, during which time security officials learned to mutter his name with a foreboding weight,…
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Do Terror Attacks in Nigeria Spike During Ramadan? Here’s What We Know
As Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, prayer, and reflection, entered its second week, specifically on March 5, terrorists…
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Kwara Massacre of 170 Despite Warning Raises Questions About Nigeria’s Security Intelligence
On Feb. 3, Nigeria witnessed one of its deadliest rural attacks in recent memory. Terrorists stormed Woro and Nuku villages…
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