Russian Ship Crew Taken Hostage off Nigerian Coast
A crew of seven Russians and a Ukrainian has been taken hostage off the coast of Nigeria after their ship was attacked, diplomats in...
Tide of Lake Chad Insurgency Shifting From Nigeria
Bombings that killed up to 49 people in the cities of Yola and Kano this week cast doubt over Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s...
Suicide bombers kill over 30 in Cameroon and Nigeria
A child and a middle-aged woman were deployed as suicide bombers in the Far North Region of Cameroon and in Yobe state in Nigeria over...
Boko Haram: Framing an Islamist Insurgency
The Nigerian government has been engaged in a narrative struggle with Boko Haram in order to win popular support and end the insurgency....
Nigeria’s Niger Delta: Is the Fragile Peace Holding?
Recent events in Nigeria suggest that the potential for major resurgence of violence in the delta is extremely high. The central dynamic...
