November 27 – December 03, 2022 | Volume 1, Issue 5 The review period (November 27 – December 3, 2022) recorded 29 violent conflict incidents resulting in 73casualties (deaths and injuries) and 44 kidnap victims across 17 states in Nigeria. Click on the link to assess the document
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November 20 – November 26, 2022 | Volume 1, Issue 4 Non-state armed actors have continued to threaten peace in Nigeria. Within the review period (November 13 – November19, 2022), 31 incidents were recorded across 15 states, which resulted in 110 casualties (deaths and injuries) and19 kidnap victims. Click on the link to access the
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Across Nigeria, millions of Nigerian women are caught in wars as victims and enablers. In addition, women face distinct challenges due to violent conflicts and socio-cultural biases, from the terror in the northeast to banditry in the northwest and northcentral zones to unknown gunmen menace in the southeast. Also, in places where women affected by
More Nigerian children are being disengaged from armed groups. In February 2022, the Civilian Joint Task Force in Borno state disengaged 2,203 children within its ranks in compliance with the United Nations convention against the use of child soldiers. In 2018, the United Nations Children\’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) reported that a local militia fighting Boko Haram
Nigeria\’s new efforts to tackle banditry have come with internet shutdown. Since September, the government has intermittently cut communication lines in Zamfara and parts of Katsina and Sokoto states. This initiative has also affected some neighbouring states in accessing communications. Government\’s apparent objective is to handicap menacing bandits in the selected areas and increase military
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In recent years, large swathes of Nigeria\’s forests have been captured and converted into bases by insurgents and other criminal gangs. The development has led to the emergence of ungoverned spaces across the country. These days, a week hardly passes without media reports of hapless women who were raped on their farms; or passengers kidnapped
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It appears it has taken a decade of jihadist violence and other internal security issues for one of Africa’s strongest military forces to be considered tested. For some reasons, Nigeria\’s military warfare against terrorists in its North-east region is not yielding the expected result – ending the terrorism. Although the North-east conflict is an ideological
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The brutal campaign of violence executed by Boko Haram insurgents has elicited various explanations from scholars, analysts, and commentators. While some pundits have underscored the role of Islamic jihadism in the insurgency (Adesoji, 2010), others have castigated violent political mobilisation (Iyekekpolo, 2019). A third strand of the burgeoning literature has blamed economic marginalisation as evidenced
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