With foreign expertise now reshaping battlefield dynamics in the Lake Chad Basin and raising the stakes for regional security, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) is proving that it is no longer just a localised insurgency. Ongoing developments suggest...
In a stark reflection of the deteriorating security situation in Nigeria’s northwest, communities in Bagega and Kawaye districts in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State have become the latest to take the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with bandits...
Zamfara State is one of Nigeria’s minerally-rich states with huge deposits of gold, copper and lithium. In the same vein, the state has, over the years, become one of the most insecure in the country, where illegal mining has become intricately linked with banditry, a...
With foreign expertise now reshaping battlefield dynamics in the Lake Chad Basin and raising the stakes for regional security, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) is proving that it is no longer just a localised insurgency. Ongoing developments suggest...
In a stark reflection of the deteriorating security situation in Nigeria’s northwest, communities in Bagega and Kawaye districts in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State have become the latest to take the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with bandits...
Zamfara State is one of Nigeria’s minerally-rich states with huge deposits of gold, copper and lithium. In the same vein, the state has, over the years, become one of the most insecure in the country, where illegal mining has become intricately linked with banditry, a...