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defenceWeb Written by ISS Africa - Militants in Mozambique. On 14 December, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi convened a meeting of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) Troika of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security to discuss the situation in Cabo Delgado. The meeting, attended by the presidents of South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe as well as Tanzania’s deputy president, didn’t agree on a specific role for SADC. Instead, the main decision was to hold an extraordi...

defenceWeb Written by ISS Africa - 119 Military interventions have failed to end a violent insurgency and humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin. The recent brutal murder of over 100 rice farmers by extremists in Nigeria’s Borno State is one of the region’s deadliest attacks in years, an indication that security responses aren’t working. The crisis has grown from armed conflict in north-east Nigeria and expanded into neighbouring states. Boko Haram, one of the world’s deadliest ter...

On 14 December, Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi convened a meeting of the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) troika of the Organ on Politics, Defence and Security to discuss the situation in Cabo Delgado.  The meeting, attended by the presidents of South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe as well as Tanzania’s deputy president, didn’t agree on a specific role for SADC. Instead, the main decision was to hold an extraordinary SADC summit in January 2021 to discuss the issue furth...

The Special Adviser (SA) on Media to Gov. Zulum, Malam Isa Gusau, in a statement, said the meeting was meant to intensify effort to repatriate refugees willing to return to Nigeria. At the meeting, Gov. Zulum said, “Our people are doing very well; the Government of Chad is taking care of them. So, I am here to express appreciation to the president for his generosity towards our people here in Chad. “We have also discussed how we can voluntarily repatriate our people back to Nigeria. Basical...

Chadian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Abakar Saleh Chahaimi, was also in the meeting. Zulum said: “Our people are doing very well, the government of Chad is taking care of them. “So, I am here to express appreciation to the president for his generosity towards our people here in Chad. “We have also discussed how we can voluntarily repatriate our people back to Nigeria. “Basically, we are here for three things: meet our people, thank the government of chad, and intensify collaborative effort...

Military interventions have failed to end a violent insurgency and humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin. The recent brutal murder of over 100 rice farmers by extremists in Nigeria’s Borno State is one of the region’s deadliest attacks in years, an indication that security responses aren’t working. The crisis has grown from armed conflict in north-east Nigeria and expanded into neighbouring states. Boko Haram, one of the world’s deadliest terror groups, has killed more than 30 000...

  Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum, alongside Nigerian ambassador to Chad, Zannah Umar Bukar Kolo, on Wednesday, met President Idriss Debby of the Republic of Chad over the repatriation of thousands of Nigerian refugees, the majority from Borno, who in batches, fled killings by Boko Haram since 2014. The meeting, which held at the presidential palace in N’Djamena, was also attended by the Chadian ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Abakar Saleh Chahaimi. “I am here in Chad to see our...

Time to consider talks with Boko Haram? Format By Maram Mahdi Military interventions have failed to end a violent insurgency and humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin. The recent brutal murder of over 100 rice farmers by extremists in Nigeria’s Borno State is one of the region’s deadliest attacks in years, an indication that security responses aren’t working. The crisis has grown from armed conflict in north-east Nigeria and expanded into neighbouring states. Boko Haram, one of the w...

Punch Newspapers Sections Give victims justice, AI, others tell int’l court Borno governor reveals three terrorists’ hideouts Insists mercenaries needed to defeat insurgents Our Reporters The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, says the court has found a reasonable basis to begin investigating members of the Nigerian Security Forces for crimes against humanity, which they allegedly committed in the course of prosecuting the counter-insurgency war in the North-Eas...

…insists mercenaries needed to defeat insurgents Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, on Friday named three major locations where Boko Haram insurgents were hiding in the state. Zulum revealed that the locations were the shores of the Lake Chad, Mandara Hills (mountains located along the Nigerian-Cameroon border), and the Sambisa Game Reserve. The governor spoke during a Channels Television programme titled, ‘Politics Today.’ During the programme monitored by one of our correspon...