
Obi Anyadike
Senior Africa Editor, The New Humanitarian
Why Nigeria needs to talk with the jihadists
As the government struggles with a resurgence in terrorist activity and the US looks elsewhere, now would be a good time for serious negotiations.

A suspected Boko Haram attack. Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images.
Nigeria’s insecurity crisis is one of weak statehood
The country’s multiple security challenges are more complicated than the swirling flawed narratives of “Christian genocide.”

A shelter for displaced people in northwest Nigeria. Temilade Adelaja/File Photo/Reuters.


