Concern over Nigeria’s Boko Haram homeless returns
Nigeria is encouraging thousands of people displaced by Boko Haram violence to return home, insisting they can do so in safety as troops wind up operations against the jihadists. Just…
US seeks to approve attack aircraft for Nigeria in Boko Haram fight
The US administration is seeking to approve a sale of as many as 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to Nigeria to aid its battle against the extremist group…
Boko Haram
There was a time, even in the Muhammadu Buhari era, when Boko Haram was truly ruthless. The assumption of presidential power by the retired military officer and former dictator looked…
Military operations force Boko Haram back to urban warfare: experts
Bomb attacks in Nigerian towns and cities look likely to increase in the run-up to forthcoming elections, despite the military claiming increasing successes against Boko Haram in captured territory. At…
Malala, Boko Haram and Gaza
I went to pick up my three-year-old from her summer school for the first time. She is yet to begin kindergarten but her mother decided to put her in a…
A kill in Kabul
THE targeted assassination in Kabul on Sunday morning of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has predictably been hailed by the perpetrators as a tremendous triumph. Echoing three of his recent predecessors, US…
Schools under attack
Schools in Nigeria and Pakistan are at risk from the growing threats of militant attacks. In 2022, the Global Coalition for Protecting Education from Attacks (GCPEA) reported seven attacks on…
The world of mercenaries
Mercenary entrepreneurship is thriving across the world partly due to never-ending regional conflicts of a complex nature, ranging from small-scale land mafias to large-scale wars in different places. Outsourcing is…
Fatwas don’t work with terrorists
Pakistan’s establishment understands only too well why fatwas (religious edicts) against terrorism never work with terrorists. Its ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) partnered with America’s CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) to create the…
Security crises
The United States says it has partnered militarily with Nigerian forces because it sees Nigeria’s legitimate and serious security concerns, including the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria and the…
