Erick Sourna Loumtouang, a 2020 APN Individual Research Fellow, recently granted interviews to Jeune Afrique and Africa Report and published an article in Kujenga Amani,…
An Interview with Erick Sourna
Boko Haram
Bullets and Ballots: Exploring Insecurities and the 2019 Elections in Nigeria
Several groups have appealed to the government and politicians not to make pronouncements or take actions that may escalate existing…
Women in Terror: Ending Gender-Based Violence in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria
The silence surrounding sexual violence in Borno makes it difficult to investigate and prosecute rapes in an environment of violent…
Down, but Not yet Out: Boko Haram and the Concept of “Technical Defeat”
The president may have correctly captured the situation in the war against Boko Haram, but the jury is still out…
A New Political Landscape of Petro-Insurgency in the Niger Delta
The Niger Delta has repeatedly produced natural resources that give the region a significant role in the global economy –…
Insecurity, Conflict, and Militancy in the Maghreb and Sahel Regions
Throughout the Maghreb and Sahel regions of Africa, many communities are struggling under the strain of new patterns of violence…
Peaceful Negotiations: Implications for the Release of Twenty-One Chibok Girls from Boko Haram Captivity
In April 2014, militant Islamist group Boko Haram abducted 276 schoolgirls from Chibok—a town in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria—making global…
Boko Haram: Cash Cow of the Sahel or Part of a Grand Strategy?
[Photo: A petrol station attendant counts Nigerian’s currency, the naira, in Abuja, Nigeria. Photographer: Suzanne Plunkett/Bloomberg] Between 2002 and 2011,…
President Buhari’s War Against Terror
"Despite whatever gains have been made, a cursory look at President Buhari’s first hundred days in office and the activities…
A Soft Power Approach to Eradicating Extremism in Africa
“Leaders, clerics, and scholars at all levels should devise effective strategies to tackle the root causes of extremism and terrorism.…