Nollywood celebrity Patience Ozokwor, aka Mama G, pleads for the release of the more than 200 abducted Chibok school girls in Lagos on 29 May 2014.
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Governance failure and location of schools around large expanses of unprotected forest zones make school children easy targets for bandits in Nigeria’s north-west.
“Bring back our girls” campaigners protesting in Abuja on 22 August 2014.
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Nigeria’s school abductions are a sign of neglect of territorial and human security in the country.
Nigerian police officers.
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To defeat armed banditry in its north-west region, Nigeria needs to adopt a new approach to policing.
Fulani herdsman at Kachia Grazing Reserve, Kaduna State, Nigeria, in April, 2019.
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Ecowas regulations on pastoralism discourage big investment in livestock and need to be reformed in line with present day realities.
Weapons recovered from bandits during Operation Safe Haven in Nigeria.
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Civilian protection payment is not a sustainable self-protection strategy in north-west Nigeria.
Democracy cannot survive without free media.
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Finding the right balance between media freedom and limits remains one of the greatest challenges modern democracies face.
Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces Sniper Unit
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Spiralling insecurity is one of the biggest takeaways when considering Nigeria’s year in review, in 2022.
Parents of students abducted from Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna State, north-west Nigeria, pray inside the school premises.
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To stem the tide of violent extremism across the Sahel region, especially northwest Nigeria, the vulnerabilities and grudges of border communities need to be properly addressed.
Recent fines on media houses in Nigeria are attempts to gag them.
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Media houses fined recently by Nigeria’s Broadcasting Commission for documentaries on terrorism should approach the courts for redress.
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Scholars explain how and why terrorists appear to be running rampant across Nigeria.
Parents and relatives of abducted students demanding the release of their families who had spent 55 days in captivity as at March 12, 2021.
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Nigerians are at risk of kidnapping as the cost of committing this crime is far less than its benefits.
Soldiers gesture while standing on guard during Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri on June 17, 2021.
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The Nigerian military needs a systemic approach to solving family disruptions and strains often caused by personnel deployment away from home.
Education for children growing up in northern Nigeria is fraught with danger.
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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.
Community policing must be high on the agenda of Nigeria’s new police chief
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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.
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Nigeria is not getting full benefits of increased funding for its military
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Many things have to change for Nigeria’s federal system to work and accommodate its diverse citizens’ interests
Cattle rustling is big business in Northern Nigeria.
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Northern Nigeria’s cattle rustling problem is aggravated by the regions ungoverned forests.
Ranomafana National Park.
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A recent spate of attacks have left local people scared for their safety in rural Madagascar, threatening vital conservation work in the nearby rainforest.
Armed men protecting their livestock from rivals in a dry northern Kenya region which borders South Sudan and Uganda.
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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.