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Nigerian warplanes struck militant camps in the northeast on Friday in a major push against an Islamist insurgency, drawing a sharp warning from the United States to respect human rights and not...
The nature of conflicts and security threats across Africa has been changing. In the 1970s and 1980s, interstate conflicts prevailed, and were dealt with through the use of power politics. Yet the...
The nature of conflicts and security threats across Africa has been changing. In the 1970s and 1980s, interstate conflicts prevailed, and were dealt with through the use of power politics. Yet the...
On 29 January 2013, a Boko Haram commander claimed a ceasefire with the government in Nigeria. Sheik Abu Mohammed Ibn Abdulazeez, a man local security sources say is a Boko Haram member, sent a...
In a controversial decision on 21 June 2012, the United States Government blacklisted Mr Abu Muhammed Abubakar, the Boko Haram leader popularly known as Imam or Sheik Abubakar Shekau, and two of...