Situation report: Anka LGA
Local government area, Zamfara.
| Level Extreme |
Coordinates 11°59′07″N 5°59′11″E 11.9853, 5.9863 |
Covers 1 LGA |
Report date 2026-09-28 |
Map: LGAs shaded by twelve-month ACLED intensity (2025-10 to 2026-09); black outline = this local government area; dashed = state lines; squares = military installations (town level).
Conflict intensity, last twelve months (ACLED)
| Political-violence events | 89 |
| Deaths in those events | 266 |
| Attacks on civilians | 54 |
| Civilians killed | 161 |
| LGAs at extreme | 1 |
| LGAs at high | 0 |
| LGAs at elevated | 0 |
Where it concentrates
| LGA | Level | Civ. killed | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anka | Extreme | 161 | steady |
How it developed
Archive record
2 incidents in the Dustline archive fall here, with 19 deaths recorded.
| Date | Place | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | Anka, Zamfara | Troops repel massed bandit assault on Bagega mining community in Anka |
| 2026-01-05 | Anka, Zamfara | Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji neutralise 8 armed bandits in Wuya forest sweep |
Military installations within 150 km
| 8 Division | Sokoto | 139 km |
Advisories and named areas
US travel advisory: Zamfara State — Kidnapping (Level 4, do not travel).
Named danger areas: Central Zamfara forests (Tsafe–Maru–Anka)
Limits
- ACLED counts recorded events. Rural violence is under-reported everywhere, and more so where journalists cannot go.
- Levels summarise twelve months; a road can change within days. Current advisories and local security briefings outrank this report.
Sources: Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), www.acleddata.com — aggregates via HDX, as of 25 September 2026. Boundaries: OCHA COD-AB Nigeria (CC BY-IGO). Map base: Natural Earth (public domain), naturalearthdata.com; state boundaries OCHA COD-AB Nigeria (CC BY-IGO). Archive: Dustline snapshot of dustlinemap.online, 22 September 2026. Advisory: US Department of State.