Recent deadly attacks in Nigeria's Benue and Plateau states have killed over 250 people.

In this article, we argue that framing the root causes of any conflict is vital to finding durable solutions.

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I am very pleased to share our research paper co-authored with Aimé Raoul Sumo Tayo.

🔙This paper is a product of our direct and extensive field work carried out in Chad and Cameroon in 2024.

In this webinar with the NATO Strategic Direction-South Hub I discussed the growing threat of terrorism in the Sahel and it broader implications for the west Africa region.

Many thanks to the officials at NATO for the collaboration.

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I am very pleased to share my paper published in Crime, Law and Social Change (Vol 83).

The paper can be accessed through the link below 👇

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The dominant narrative suggests that Africa will suffer from the reduction in U.S. aid. However, in this ISS Today published by Institute for Security Studies and co-authored with Nengak Daniel Gondyi, we challenge this view…

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I am very pleased to share my first 2025 publication on Banditry, Gold, Elite Collusion and Violence in northwest Nigeria.

I argue in this article that the key factors that could aid the establishment of a jihadist state in the Sahel region of west Africa include mutually reinforcing issues such as failure of governance, endemic poverty and connection to global terrorist groups…

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