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NIGERIA: Mass abortion programme will damage army
The claim that one of Boko Haram’s factions sponsored the Kankara attack reinforces fears that jihadist outreach to bandit groups is succeeding and that violence will grow in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB258367
ISSN: 2633-304X
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These shocks will sustain already heightened reform pressures on the government during a period of diminishing public revenue. Security crises across various states and regions…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB257599
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Nigerian south-western security.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB251180
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The principal armed militant groups are aligned with al-Qaida or Islamic State. However, Islam plays a wider role in societies from Senegal to Chad and is a cornerstone of family…
The targeting of these civilian vigilantes highlights the centrality of community-based, often ethnically aligned, government-backed militias in the Sahel’s various conflicts…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261041
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The evolution and limits of jihadism in north-west Africa.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240764
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There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but jihadist groups have been expanding their area of operations in recent years from northern Mali and southern Libya to West…
Prospects for West Africa in 2019.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240230
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A wave of prison breaks has added to the country’s broader security problems. Since late 2020, criminal gangs and extremist groups have carried out at least nine successful…