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Showing posts with label Nigeria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nigeria. Show all posts
Thursday, April 2, 2015

It’s Just Africa: Democratic Elections in Nigeria Bring Back a Former Military Ruler

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A historic election in Nigeria brought to power former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, ousting incumbent Goodluck Jonathan. For the first...
Monday, January 12, 2015

It’s Just Africa: Boko Haram Raids a Multinational Military Base

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In October of last year, my colleague Colin wrote with guarded optimism about the ceasefire between the Nigerian military and the terrori...
Friday, October 17, 2014

Nigerian Ceasefire: Too Good to Be True?

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The world received unexpected good news today when Nigeria's defense minister announced a ceasefire between the Nigerian military and th...
Wednesday, September 10, 2014

It's Just Africa: Boko Haram Sweeps Nigeria

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In the months since The Global Atlas last wrote about Boko Haram in Nigeria, the Sunni jihadist terrorist group has swept the countryside ...
Friday, May 9, 2014

Boko Haram: The Bad Apples of...the Bad Apples?

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Two weeks ago, my colleague Vicky wrote  about the atrocity still unfolding in northern Nigeria, where the Islamic militant group Boko Haram...
Thursday, May 1, 2014

When an Education is a Death Sentence: Over 200 Girls Kidnapped from School in Nigeria

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A girl looks out from her bombed school. Courtesy Getty Images. For two weeks now, the residents of Chibok in northern Nigeria have bee...
Friday, May 10, 2013

Nigeria's "Dirty War"

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When counterinsurgency becomes too much counterinsurgency, it becomes a war - a dirty war that claims far too many innocent lives and leaves...