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Policies that reduce poverty, inequality and socioeconomic insecurity lower the incentive to engage in or tolerate terrorism.
Once in office, the new president will face a myriad of challenges, chief of which is insecurity.
Damage to the fragile Nigerian state is one possible fallout of mixing religion with politics.
Young Nigerians actively discuss politics and governance despite being kept on the sidelines. They seek a government that would promote their inclusion and solve problems affecting them.
Spiralling insecurity is one of the biggest takeaways when considering Nigeria’s year in review, in 2022.
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.
To understand the latest coup in Burkina Faso, one must appreciate the internal power struggles in the country, their links with violent extremism as well as the role of external state actors.
Nigeria’s next president must take these steps to redeem the country’s endangered national security.
Nigerians are at risk of kidnapping as the cost of committing this crime is far less than its benefits.
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.
A new wave of military coups could put the dividends of democracy out of reach in a region troubled by the effects of jihadism.
Rising tensions in West Africa heighten as the military junta in Mali engages Wagner, a Russian private military company while defying ECOWAS.
Mobile phones are enhancing the lives of internally displaced people in Nigeria.
The Nigerian military needs a systemic approach to solving family disruptions and strains often caused by personnel deployment away from home.
The atrocities and motivation of bandits have assumed insurgent-type criminality. But the Nigerian government is reluctant to label them terrorists or insurgents.
Resolving jihadist conflicts in the Sahel requires treating jihadists not as terrorists only but also as political actors who seek to provide an alternative form of governance to the status quo.
The over-militarisation of the crisis across the Sahel region has done little to foster stability.
Intervention in Cabo Delgado is a potentially dangerous move with far-reaching consequences for SADC if its efforts fail, or it becomes a protracted intervention.
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, Federal University Lafia
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