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Nigeria's pastoralist conflicts.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB245508
ISSN: 2633-304X
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However, the highly militarised approach has left almost no room for dialogue with local communities and a new wave of armed violence has emerged, raising questions about the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB269985
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Under this authority, the military has been deployed alongside police and multi-agency security forces to combat a spike in armed banditry that has resulted in over 100 civilians…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276649
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Nigeria's northern insecurity.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB247257
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Initially, the clashes were portrayed as sporadic and drought-related, with the dominant explanation being that bandits had invaded private lands seeking pasture for livestock…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265450
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The notice comes amid rising violence between pastoralists and settled non-Fulani, predominantly Christian farming communities in the south-west. As southern politicians grow…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB259452
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Still largely driven by a combination of criminal banditry and 'farmer-herder' conflicts but with hints of growing jihadist group involvement, the scope of insecurity has…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256369
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The conference brings together regional governments, the UN, civil society representatives and major donors to discuss the region’s multifaceted crises. The UN estimates the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275509
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The Senate will hold a public hearing on the counterinsurgency unit, Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta (FTC), in Concepcion or Horqueta on September 2 and will formally debate a motion to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213257
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This is part of an escalating crisis of insecurity in the region which has seen hundreds of kidnappings -- particularly of schoolchildren -- by armed bandits looking for ransom…