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The Nigerian government needs to understand that banditry is an act of warfare and should be treated as such.
Public trust and confidence in the police is a concern in many parts of the world. How can Nigeria get it right?
Though its full impact is unpredictable, the withdrawal of France from Mali will have some likely effects.
Aside from human rights abuses, vigilantes may be unreliable, poorly skilled, and lacking transparency and accountability.
For about three decades, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta played different roles in Mali’s politics.
For a successful reintegration of former Boko Haram combatants into society, public perceptions in Nigeria need to change.
Rising tensions in West Africa heighten as the military junta in Mali engages Wagner, a Russian private military company while defying ECOWAS.
The Nigerian military needs a systemic approach to solving family disruptions and strains often caused by personnel deployment away from home.
Farmer-herder conflict is taking its toll on productivity in northern Nigeria. Efforts to solve this problem must include all stakeholders and take into account their concerns.
The atrocities and motivation of bandits have assumed insurgent-type criminality. But the Nigerian government is reluctant to label them terrorists or insurgents.
Nigeria’s post COVID-19 economic recovery plan has resulted in only marginal improvements in economic growth, manufacturing and foreign direct investment.
They do menial jobs but also trust in God as a coping strategy.
The grievances of Nnamdi Kanu and other Biafran separatist groups are deeply rooted in the failure of the Nigerian state to implement post civil war peacebuilding initiatives.
The porous borders of West Africa allow for the unregulated movement of thousands.
The Nigerian government has no legal capacity to unilaterally regulate or police borderless social media platforms.
The absence of support from government leaves communities to determine independently how to move forward, what works, and what is sustainable.
Islamic State West Africa Province appears to be consolidating its dominance in the region. This means Nigeria and other countries in the Sahel region have a lot more to be worried about.
Attacks on police officers and their stations can damage police legitimacy in Nigeria
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.
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Associate professor in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Research Fellow, Obafemi Awolowo University, Regional Coordinator, Institute for Security Studies
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Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, Federal University Lafia
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Lecturer in Political Economy of Violence, Conflict and Development, SOAS, University of London
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Researcher, Centre for Peace and Security Studies, Modibbo Adama University of Technology
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Aston University
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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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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Associate Researcher, Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Policing, Teesside University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Nigeria
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University of Pretoria
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Professor, Obafemi Awolowo University