Ongoing violence is rooted in intercommunal tensions and spurred on by rising extremism in the Sahel. Jihadists have recruited heavily among Fulani herders in recent months.
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Women walk past a car bombed by Boko Haram: (Photo/Ashley Gilbertson/VII Photo).
New Term, Old Problems For Nigeria’s Buhari: Boko Haram Advances And Violence All Around
Despite Buhari’s 2015 claim that Boko Haram was “technically defeated”, jihadists continue gaining ground across Lake Chad and West Africa, where the humanitarian fallout is, if anything, worsening.