Gustavo Plácido dos Santos is a researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security (IPRIS). He is also an associate researcher at Open Briefing, the world’s first civil society intelligence agency, and the founder of an African-affairs blog called East & South.
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Published in: openSecurityBoko Haram: time for an alternative approach
Military responses to Boko Haram have proved ineffective, as the latest atrocities in Nigeria highlight. An...
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Published in: openSecurityEducation and violent extremism in Nigeria
For Boko Haram, 'western civilisation is forbidden'. In a context of poor school attendance among Muslims,...