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Muhammadu Buhari began his presidency in 2015 promising to make Nigeria a safer place but, as he quickly found out, fixing Nigeria’s numerous security issues is no easy task.
Apr 14, 2017
Presidential Candidate, Muhammadu Buhari gives a speech at Chatham House in 2015. CHATHAM HOUSE
Muhammadu Buhari began his presidency in 2015 promising to make Nigeria a safer place but, as he quickly found out, fixing Nigeria’s numerous security issues is no easy task.
With a population of more than 180 million people, Nigeria is no stranger to conflict. The Civil War of 1967–1970, in which millions of lives were lost, remains a raw and painful period of Nigerian history. And while a slide back into civil war has been avoided, Nigeria hasn’t escaped regional uprisings and bouts of civil unrest.
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is an Associate Fellow in the Africa Programme at the UK think tank, Chatham House, and a broadcast journalist at BBC News.
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