all names

Armed men organisation

Named in 3 reports across 3 stories - 22 Aug – 23 Sept
22 Aug 202623 Sept 2026

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Armed men. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Armed men.

central Niger State and Nigerian villages share 1 reportcentral Niger State and Police share 1 reportNigerian villages and Police share 1 reportDurban township and South Africa share 1 reportArmed mencentral Niger Sta…central Niger State - 1 shared report (place)Durban town…Durban township - 1 shared report (place)Nigerian vi…Nigerian villages - 1 shared report (place)PolicePolice - 1 shared report (organization)South AfricaSouth Africa - 1 shared report (place)South SudanSouth Sudan - 1 shared report (place)

The stories

Military Pressure Forces 17 JAS Family Members to Surrender in Borno

48 outlets1 report names Armed men5 Aug – 22 Oct

Eleven killed in mass shooting at house in South Africa

49 outlets1 report names Armed men23 Sept – 19 Oct

Armed men ambush a patrol in South Sudan and kill 2 UN peacekeepers

12 outlets1 report names Armed men24 Aug – 5 Sept

Who keeps naming them

Al Jazeera English3

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