Author (s): Isel van Zyl and Cheryl Frank Affiliated organization: Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Type of publication: Report Date of publication: September 2018 Link to the original document     The study is designed to present an understanding of how programme designers and implementers are giving meaning to the concept of preventing violent extremism…

Author(s): Chika Oduah Type of publication: Article Date of publication: May 30, 2017 Link to the original document     Nnamdi Kanu waves his hand and puffs in frustration: “Nothing seems to be working in Nigeria. There is pain and hardship everywhere. What we’re fighting [for] is not self-determination for the sake of it. It’s…

Author(s): Angela Ajodo-Adebanjoko Type of publication: Academic article Date of publication: September 12, 2017 Link to the original document     The Niger Delta region of Nigeria comprises the nine states Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers. About 31 million people live in the region which is renowned as one…

Author(s): Terry Hallmark Type of publication: Article Date of publication: February 13, 2017 Link to the original document     There have been numerous reports over the last 18 months about terrorist attacks in Europe, the United States and elsewhere. But one long-running hotbed of political violence, Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta, has garnered only a…

Auteur (s) : Centre d’études stratégiques de l’Afrique Type de publication : article Date de publication : Juin 2016 Lien vers le document original     De l’extrémisme violent et de l’insurrection à la piraterie, des enlèvements contre rançon aux attaques contre les infrastructures pétrolières, du trafic de drogue au crime organisé, le Nigeria fait face…

Auteur (s) : Agence des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés (UNCHR) Type de publication : article Date de publication : Mars 2018 Lien vers le document original     Des réfugiés rentrés spontanément depuis le Cameroun rebroussent chemin, face aux exactions de Boko Haram, soulignant les dangers endurés par des centaines de personnes forcées de…

Auteur (s): Cairn.info Type de publication: article Date de publication: 2013 Lien vers le document original     Attentats suicides, attaques à répétition contre les forces de l’ordre, enlèvement spectaculaire de toute une famille française dans le parc de Waza à la frontière du Cameroun : la secte islamiste Boko Haram a remis le Nigeria sous les…

Author (s) : International Crisis Group (ICG) Type of publication : Report Publication date : December 2016 Link to the original document     This report analyses experience of women and girls in the North East in order to inform interventions to better alleviate their suffering, facilitate their contribution to lasting peace and mitigate the…

Author (s) : International Crisis Group (ICG) Type of publication : Report Publication date : July 2018 Link to the original document     The conflict between herders and farmers in Nigeria, centred in the Middle Belt but spreading southward, has escalated sharply. Since September 2017, at least 1,500 people have been killed, over 1,300…

Auteur(s) : International Crisis Group (ICG) Type de publication : Rapport Date de publication : 13 Décembre 2018 Lien vers le document original     Les trafics au coeur de la crise malienne Le lien entre trafics, conflits communautaires et intérêts étatiques s’est donc noué au milieu des années 2000. Avec la crise de 2012,…