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Obi Anyadike

Obi Anyadike

Senior Africa Editor, The New Humanitarian

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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 police officer walks beside a burnt prison vehicle in Abuja, Nigeria on July 6, 2022, after suspected Boko Haram attack.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 fleeing attacks by bandits in Gusau, Zamfara, Nigeria, on Feb. 8, 2023.A shelter for displaced people in northwest Nigeria. Temilade Adelaja/File Photo/Reuters.
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