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September 20, 2019
Nigeria
Boko Haram Is Back in the Media Spotlight, but It Was Never Really Gone
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria, on a number of occasions, has stated that Boko Haram is “technically defeated.” The Council’s Nigeria Security Tracker indicates otherwise, and on September 14, the New York Times published an extensive story on the resurgence of Boko Haram. It was accompanied by three pictures on a back page, including one of a child’s scar from an injury sustained during a suicide bombing.
April 21, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria’s Boko Haram: “We Are in Abuja!”
In a video released over the weekend, Boko Haram warlord Abubakar Shekau took responsibility for the April 14 bombing at the suburban Abuja bus station that killed at least seventy-five people and pr…
May 13, 2015
Sub-Saharan Africa
More on Nigeria’s South African Mercenaries
After almost five years of reverses, the Nigerian federal government largely cleared Boko Haram fighters from the territories they occupied in Borno state–in about five weeks. The Nigerian government…
December 29, 2010
Sub-Saharan Africa
How to Rig an Election in Nigeria
We must ensure that security operatives at the gate to the convention venue are our people They should be identified and taken to Ghana for orientation and ware housing Should return to Nigeria for…
March 13, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
Hostage Killings in Northern Nigeria: Some Questions
The tragic murder on March 8 of two kidnapping victims, a British and an Italian engineer, during a Nigerian rescue effort supported by the British raises questions. In a video, UK Prime Minister Dav…
