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Nigeria’s security problems deepen as Anglophone insurgency in Cameroon spills across border

  • Written by Augustine Aboh, Ph.D. candidate in Global Governance and Human Security, University of Massachusetts
imageGrieving for the 140 victims of a January 2024 attack in north-central Nigeria.AP Photo/Sunday Alamba

Over the past two decades, Nigeria has grappled with multiple and complex national security threats, each posing a significant challenge to its stability.

The nation finds itself fighting a violent militancy in the Niger Delta, conflicts between...

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