Scholars explain how and why terrorists appear to be running rampant across Nigeria.
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Nigerians are at risk of kidnapping as the cost of committing this crime is far less than its benefits.
The Nigerian military needs a systemic approach to solving family disruptions and strains often caused by personnel deployment away from home.
This is a transcript of episode 12 of The Conversation Weekly podcast, including a story on the reasons why Kenyan women who join Al-Shabaab.
Apart from tackling terrorism, banditry and kidnappings, Nigeria’s new Inspector General of Police must embrace community policing.
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Nigeria must do more to tackle banditry, terrorism and kidnappings which have led to the closure of some schools in the northern part of the country.
Nigeria is not getting full benefits of increased funding for its military
Many things have to change for Nigeria’s federal system to work and accommodate its diverse citizens’ interests
Northern Nigeria’s cattle rustling problem is aggravated by the regions ungoverned forests.
A recent spate of attacks have left local people scared for their safety in rural Madagascar, threatening vital conservation work in the nearby rainforest.
Ending a war is not enough. The challenge for post-conflict situations in Africa is to escape the inter-war lawlessness maintained and reproduced by groups that have access to arms.
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Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, Federal University Lafia
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Research Fellow, Obafemi Awolowo University, Regional Coordinator, Institute for Security Studies
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Olabisi Onabanjo University
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Professor of Sociology (Criminology, Victimology and Security Studies), University of Ibadan
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Lecturer, University of Northampton
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Aston University
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Associate professor, University of Lagos
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Senior Researcher and Coordinator of the Security Assessment in North Africa project at the Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Oslo
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor, Theatre and Performance Studies, The Rivers State University of Science and Technology
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Visiting Scholar in the Department of Political Science and also affiliated to the Centre of Governance Innovation (GovInn), University of Pretoria
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University of Pretoria
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Professor of Political Institutions, Governance and Public Policy, University of Ibadan