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Published in: HomeNo more partying in Congo Russia
On the UN International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide, we are reminded:...
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Published in: openSecurityJonathan faces the north
After two months in the global spotlight, the insurgency in northern Nigeria is fast turning into a national...
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Published in: 50.50What we owe Nigeria’s kidnapped schoolgirls
People worldwide are calling for action to bring back the kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria. But concern for the...
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Published in: 50.50Women's voices in northern Nigeria: hearing the broader narratives
As the world's attention focuses on northern Nigeria with the abduction of schoolgirls from Chibok, Fatimah Kelleher...
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Published in: openSecurityBoko Haram: completing the circle of liberal interventionism?
Clarion calls on social media for action in Africa have once again become an excuse to flex military muscle, as the...
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Published in: openSecurityHow to end child marriage in a generation
Reports that more than 200 girls kidnapped in north-eastern Nigeria have been forced to marry members of the rebel...
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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: HomeAl-Qaida, Nigeria, and a long war
The strategy of the United States and its allies in face of the "al-Qaida idea" will prolong not settle the global war.
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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,...
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Published in: HomeNigeria, the Boko Haram risk
Abuja's response to Boko Haram's insurgency is flawed and self-defeating. Without a change of policy, Nigeria will...
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Published in: HomeNigeria and Boko Haram in jihadi media discourse
Boko Haram, a violent islamist group operating in Nigeria, is often linked to Al-Qaeda and Somalia jihadists...
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Published in: HomeNigeria: the challenge of “Boko Haram II”
The radical Islamist group Boko Haram poses an increasing threat to the Nigerian state in the country’s north. How...
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Published in: HomeAl-Qaida franchise: the Nigerian case
The growth of the Boko Haram armed movement in Nigeria illustrates the capacity of modern Islamist groups to...
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Published in: openSecurityBoko Haram: militant political network or criminal calling card?
A wave of attacks in northern and central Nigeria have been attributed to the Islamist organisation Boko Haram. But...