Analyses
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Are Climate Change-Related Security Risks A Priority In Nigeria’s 2023 Elections?
Whoever emerges victorious in Nigeria’s 2023 general elections will be saddled with the responsibility of confronting increasingly environmental security challenges,…
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The Race To Protect Nigeria’s Capital After Security Breaches
A series of high-profile incidents in the past few months has cast a shadow of concern around the security of…
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A Decade Of Progress In Agriculture Wiped Out, UN Says
Efforts made towards achieving eight Sustainable Development Goals have suffered a devastating setback due to adverse socio-economic impacts of conflict…
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Fighting The Education Boycott Imposed On English-Speaking Cameroonian Children
Ten-year-old Oben Epey has been out of school for the past five years. At his age, he has only had…
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Nigeria’s Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act Has Been Widely Accepted, But What Now?
Since 2015 when the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act was signed into law, Nigerian women, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), civil…
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Media Jihad: Social Media Use Shows Islamic State’s Increasing Interest In Africa
The Islamic State has increased the number of Hausa language social media accounts, signalling their focus on local insurgencies in…
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Book Review: The Perils Of Firearms
It was from 1990 — as Richard Reid notes in his book, History of Modern Africa — that the African…
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Niger, Kogi: Terrorists’ New Haven. What You Need To Know
Between April and Aug. 2022, terrorists conducted attacks in Niger and Kogi states and some parts of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital…
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We Asked AI To Write About Violence In Zamfara, Nigeria. This Is The Result.
What is the situation in Zamfara? Since 2011, Zamfara State in Northwestern Nigeria has suffered from a wave of banditry,…
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Rising Insecurity Causing Schools To Shut Down In Nigeria’s Capital
Sekinat*, a second-year junior student at the Government Secondary School in the Bwari area of Nigeria’s capital, only prepared for…
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