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News
Cameroon’s Deputy Senate President Urges Separatists, Boko Haram Terrorists To Embrace Peace
The Vice President of Cameroon’s Senate, Aboubakary Abdoulaye, has called on Anglophone separatist fighters in the Northwest and Southwest regions…
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Analyses
Nigeria Is Struggling To Protect Its Prisons Despite Attempts At Reform
The attack on the Kuje medium-security custodial facility in Nigeria’s capital on Tuesday, July 5, led to the escape of…
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Armed Violence
Insecurity Worsens As Nigeria Records 736 Deaths, Abduction Victims Double In June
Following periods of improvement, the number of deaths recorded in Nigeria as a result of insecurity spiked in June, as…
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More Killings, Abductions By Terrorists Despite Zamfara Self-defence Directive
Despite the Zamfara State government’s directive for citizens to bear firearms, terror attacks continue in the northwestern state with travellers,…
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Armed Violence
Terror Attack On Nigerian President’s Convoy ‘Will Worsen Sense Of Helplessness’
A terror group on Tuesday, July 5, opened a barrage of gunfire at the convoy of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari…
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Search Operations Ongoing After Terrorists Kill 22 Civilians In Burkina Faso
Military search and rescue operations have continued in the Kossi province of northwestern Burkina Faso after terrorists killed at least…
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Armed Violence
As Terror Groups Expand Operations Beyond Nigeria’s Northeast
Many believe Nigeria’s counterinsurgency campaign has contained the terror groups and their cells in the Northeast. However, the swath of…
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Analyses
How Hate Speeches By Politicians, Others Lead To Election Violence In Nigeria
In Aug. 2020, just as the South-South state of Edo state was gearing for its gubernatorial elections, Joseph Ihama, a…
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Analyses
Arming Civilians In Nigeria’s Zamfara State ‘Is Suicidal’
Reactions to the Zamfara state government’s directive to residents to prepare for self-defence against terrorists by possessing guns have continued…
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Humanitarian Crises
UN Secretary-General Unveils Agenda To Curb Rise Of Internal Displacement
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Monday, June 27, unveiled an action agenda on global displacement to halt the…
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