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US Military Intervention: China Warning

In the northeast, Boko Haram and its splinter groups such as Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have waged an insurgency since 2009, killing...

Security Challenges in African Lusophone Countries: Trends, Risks, and Policy Implications

By Idris AbubakarThis article explores current peace and security challenges facing Lusophone African countries-Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde, and São Tomé and Príncipe. While...

Gold for Guns: Nigeria’s Hidden Economy and the Price on Lives

By Abu Jemimah LamiIn Zamfara and other mineral-rich states of northern Nigeria, gold is more than glittering metal. It is money, influence...

Trigger Point: How the Flood of Guns Is Tearing Nigeria’s Fragile Heartland Apart

By Idris AbubakarIn the rolling hills and fertile plains of North-Central Nigeria, a quiet war is unfolding. From Benue to Plateau, Kogi to Nasarawa,...

U.S. Third-Country Deportations in Africa and Implications for Nigeria

By Idris Abubakar (Democracy and Development Studies)IntroductionThe third-country deportation program is a U.S. immigration policy that relocates non-citizens—typically individuals who have completed prison terms or...

Illicit Uses of Drugs in Kogi State: Implications for Peace and Security

Idris AbubakarKogi State, located at Nigeria’s confluence of major rivers and highways, has in recent years emerged as one of the most troubled...

How Nigeria Can Fight Back

Chidozie Douglas AcholonuNigeria’s insurgents have moved from machetes and roadside bombs to the sky. Over the last two years Islamist groups in the northeast...

The State of Education and Youth Development in Delta State

By High Chief Sheriff George Mulade T. 400-Level International Relations Student, Admiralty University of Nigeria, Delta State Intern, Nigerian Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Abuja 📩...

Ethiopia and Eritrea: Lessons from a Long Road to Peace

After gaining independence in 1993, Eritrea and Ethiopia initially lived in a period of peace with close friendship and cooperation. Both countries had fought...

Recent Surge in Cult Violence in Osun State: A Threat to Lives, Learning, and Peace

By Nadia Binta AhmedNigeria continues to grapple with the menace of secret cult groups, especially in the southern regions, and Osun State is no...

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