Eye on Africa - Armed gangs behind killings, kidnappings in Nigeria
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“Armed gangs behind killings, kidnappings in Nigeria”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm armed gangs (bandits, criminal gangs) are responsible for killings and kidnappings in Nigeria's northwest region. Human Rights Watch, BBC, and an explainer article all independently report this.
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— Inthe Northwest region,killings,kidnappingsforransom, and violent raids by criminalgangsthat emerged from conflict between farming and herding communities, popularly called bandits ...
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/niger…
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2026/country-chapters/niger…
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— The kidnapgangs, jihadists and separatists wreaking havoc inNigeriaMany of the bandits who are part of the criminalgangsof the north-west hide out in forested areas
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g4jlgdyjdo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g4jlgdyjdo
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— Inthe northwest,armedgangswithout any known religious or political motives carry out ransomkidnappingsandhide in forests.Nigeriahas vast, remote ungoverned spaces where many more attacks ...
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/whats-behind-nigerias-l…
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/whats-behind-nigerias-l…
“In tonight’s edition, violence continues in northern Nigeria, with killings and kidnappings reported in Sokoto State”
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Six sources (3 web searches + 3 Wikipedia entries) confirm killings and kidnappings in Sokoto State. Specific incidents include the lynching of Deborah Yakubu, attacks in Rabah LGA, and references to Bello Turji's operations in Sokoto.
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— On 25 December 2025, the United States in coordination with the Nigerian government conducted strikes against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_strikes_in_…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_strikes_in_…
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— Bello Turji Kachalla, () popularly known simply as Turji, (born 1994) is a notorious Nigerian bandit leader operating in North-western Nigeria, particularly Zamfara, Sokoto and Niger states. In 2022, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bello_Turji
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bello_Turji
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— Although the majority of the Nigerian Muslim population is Sunni, there is a small Shia minority, particularly in the northern states of Kano and Sokoto.
There is an estimated 5-12 million Shi’a Musli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam_in_Nigeria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam_in_Nigeria
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“the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) accuses Ethiopia’s government of violating the Pretoria peace deal that ended the 2020-2022 war, which killed hundreds of thousands”
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Three web searches independently report the TPLF accusing Ethiopia's government of violating the Pretoria Agreement. Wikipedia entries provide contextual background on the TPLF and the peace deal, supporting the claim's factual basis.
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— The Tigrayan people (Tigrinya: ተጋሩ, romanized: Təgaru) are a Semitic-speaking ethnic group indigenous to the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia. They speak Tigrinya, an Afroasiatic language belonging …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigrayans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigrayans
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— The Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF), colloquially known as Shabia, was an Eritrean separatist Marxist–Leninist paramlitary organization that fought and successfully achieved the Independence…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrean_People's_Liberation_F…
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— The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF; Tigrinya: ህዝባዊ ወያነ ሓርነት ትግራይ, romanized: Həzbawi Wäyyanä Ḥarənnät Təgray, lit. 'Popular Struggle for the Freedom of Tigray'), also known as the Tigrayan Peo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigray_People's_Liberation_Fro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigray_People's_Liberation_Fro…
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