Boko Haram may be the unintended beneficiary of the crisis created by the recent coup in Niger.
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A combination of Nigerian and Nigerien factors dim prospects of Ecowas military intervention in Niger.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu inherits major security challenges. Job creation, poverty alleviation and inclusive growth may be the solution.
Once in office, the new president will face a myriad of challenges, chief of which is insecurity.
The spike in violence was marked by a 68% increase in fatalities involving civilians.
The interests of bandits and jihadists are converging in Nigeria and this poses a formidable threat to the country’s security.
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.
Rather than ban motorcycles, the Nigerian government must intensify its military campaigns and address socioeconomic causes of insecurity.
Sexual violence against women and girls in Nigeria’s northeastern region persists because of the Nigerian government’s lax response to cases of sexual offences.
Improved mediation skills for local leaders can help prevent the escalation of disputes and break cycles of violence.
Political extremism has a checklist. The more boxes are checked, the closer political extremism gets.
Chadian president Idriss Deby’s death has serious implications for stability in the troubled Lake Chad Basin and the broader Sahel region of West Africa.
Nigeria must eschew nepotism and ethnic or religious sentiments in the war against terror.
The Islamic State group, often called ISIS, is not just based in Iraq and Syria. A scholar tracks where the group and its affiliates have spread around the globe.
It’s been a decade since Boko Haram morphed into a violent, radicalised, Jihadist sect after the death of its founder. Since then it has caused untold harm in Nigeria.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is hoping to be reelected but he’s fallen short on the country’s security challenges.
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Associate Fellow, Royal United Services Institute
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Senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Associate professor, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Islamic History, UMass Dartmouth
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Lecturer, University of Northampton
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Professor of International Relations and Visiting Scholar, Texas State University
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Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Nasarawa State University, Keffi
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Head of Data & Analytics and Senior Researcher for the Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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Director of Research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, University of Maryland
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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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University of Kent
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Professor of Political Science & International Relations, University of Nigeria
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PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Oslo
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Associate Research Fellow, Africa Center for Strategic Studies
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Professor of Political Science , University of Oslo
