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October 26, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Is the West Uninterested in Nigeria’s Floods?

It baffles me that the Western media is paying so little attention to the flooding in Nigeria. There are dramatic aerial photographs of the flooding in the Delta, and affected areas spread as far afi…

 A man carries a child as he wades through flood waters in Ikorodu neighbourhood of Nigeria's main city of Lagos 05/08/2007.

December 15, 2014

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Nigeria Security Tracker: Weekly Update December 6-December 12

Below is a visualization and description of some of the most significant incidents of political violence in Nigeria from December 6 to December 12, 2014. These incidents will be included in the Nige…

The map depicts deaths by state. Nigeria’s northeastern states, particularly Borno and Yobe, have been hit the hardest. Source: Nigeria Security Tracker, powered by Tableau.

September 11, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Boko Haram Attacking Nigeria’s Mobile Phone Infrastructure

This Day is reporting that Boko Haram operatives are staging "unrelenting" attacks on the telecommunications infrastructure, especially in the states of Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe, and Kano, Nigeria’…

Jamil Idriss charges 50 naira ($0.33) to recharge phone batteries using rows of three-pin sockets nailed to a plank of wood and plugged into a diesel generator in the Obalende District of Lagos May 20, 2010.

June 21, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Ansaru Logo Gives Hints to Boko Haram and Transnational Links

This is a guest post by Jacob Zenn, an analyst of African Affairs for the Washington D.C.-based think tank, The Jamestown Foundation, and a contributor for the West Point CTC Sentinel. Boko Haram ha…

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February 27, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
Questions After the Slaughter in Northern Nigeria

The Voice of America reports that the death toll from a “Boko Haram” attack on a federal government college the night of February 24-25 has reached fifty-nine. The method of the slaughter was charact…

Residents, who were injured during an attack by Boko Haram militants, wait at the Bama General Hospital in Bama, Borno State, February 20, 2014.