The Nigerian military needs a systemic approach to solving family disruptions and strains often caused by personnel deployment away from home.
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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.
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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