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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Boko Haram Strongman, Shekau, Dead As ISWAP Fighters Capture Sambisa Forest
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is dead, HumAngle has been able to gather from multiple sources. This incident took place…
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IGP Launches “Operation Restore Peace” To Curb Separatist Attacks In South-south Nigeria
Usman Alkali Baba, the Nigerian Inspector-General of Police has launched a new special security action plan, “OPERATION RP” in the…
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ISWAP Strangely ‘Recruits’ Senior Citizens Into Its Fighting Force
The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Friday, May 14, released pictures suggesting it may have conscripted senior…
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Security Forces Arrest Top IPOB/ESN Member In Southeast Nigeria, As Govt Intensifies Clampdown
The Nigerian Army says its soldiers have arrested 48-year-old Awurum Eze, who is said to be amongst the top leaders…
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Nigerian Author, Jihadism Expert Selected For Prestigious Research Fellowship
Abdulbassit Kassim, a PhD candidate in the Department of Religion at Rice University, has been announced as one of the…
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Kano Boko Haram Alarm Not True, Say Witnesses, Families Of Arrestees
The families of the 13 persons arrested during an army raid in Hotoro, Tarauni Local Government Area in Kano state,…
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Police Reveal Separatists’ Plans To Attack Nigeria’s Commercial Nerve, Lagos
Police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, said they have uncovered plots by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to…
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Former DR Congo VP Jean-Pierre Bemba Supports State Of Siege Declaration
The former DR Congo Vice President, Jean-Pierre Bemba has indicated his support for the ‘state of siege’ that has been…
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Nigerian Army Foils Attack On Police Command, Kills 11 Separatist Fighters
Nigerian Army on Friday, May 6, said it had foiled an attack by ‘separatist fighters’ on a police command in…
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Death Of ESN Commander, Ikonso, Is Triggering Waves Of Violence In Southeast
On Saturday, April 24, the security challenges in Southeast Nigeria took a nosedive when an armed gang set ablaze the…
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