Security in northwestern Nigeria is deteriorating rapidly amid a surge of violent, coordinated attacks by a host of non-state armed groups. The theater of conflict in northwestern Nigeria exhibits a distinct hybrid security landscape where criminal economies, communal grievances, and jihadist insurgency converge, blurring distinctions between organized crime and ideology. The crisis — characterized by […] The post From Criminality to Insurgency: The Convergence of Bandits and Jihadists in...
