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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#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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ISWAP: Seven Years After Becoming An ISIS Franchise
The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has gone through a split and a series of transformations and skirmishes since…
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Nigeria: Over 1,700 Lives Lost To Insecurity In 2 Months, Nearly 1,000 Kidnapped
The various security crises that rocked Nigeria in 2021 have spilt into the new year, as shown by documented press…
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The ISWAP Doctrines Making IDP Resettlement Possible In Borno
One after the other, displacement camps in Maiduguri, Northeast Nigeria, are getting emptied or repurposed. The Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)…
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Terrorists Taking Advantage Of Starvation To Recruit IDPs In Borno
It was true that Falmata’s husband had strayed too far into the forest in his search for firewood to bring…
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Love, Perceived Inequality Among Reasons For Boko Haram Desertions
Resentment following how the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) treated some of the married couples within the rival terror…
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Russian Mercenaries Say Not Responsible For Killing Of UPC Leader In CAR
Russian mercenaries of the Wagner Security Group have rejected accusations that they killed Zakaria Damane, self-proclaimed ‘general’ and leader of…
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Out Of Sambisa: Boko Haram Defectors Face Bumpy Road Ahead
The threat of relapse and resource shortfall is casting a shadow on the disengagement process for tens of thousands of…
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UN Security Council Doubtful Of Abu Musab Al Barnawi’s Status
A new UN Security Council committee report on Al Qaeda and the Islamic State says member states are divided on…
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Violent Extremism: Security Expert Says Organic Counter-Narratives Best Approach
Softer approaches like generating organic counter-narratives can be essential to preventing radicalisation and violent extremism more than using kinetic forces…
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