Category: West African crisis

Nigeria the Next Afghanistan, Says Governor Who Challenges Abuja’s Gun-control Laws

Unless rule of law returns to Nigeria soon, the nation will subside into a general civil war reminiscent of Afghanistan, Benue state governor Samuel Ortom told The Epoch Times in an interview. “From what happened in Afghanistan, we see that one day the president will run away from that [presidential] villa and hand it over…


Christians in Nigeria’s North Charge Terror Raids Aim at Disenfranchisement

A razor-thin election victory in Nigeria’s Plateau State has prompted observers to question whether ethnic-cleansing raids by terrorists seek to tilt next year’s presidential elections. More than a decade of seemingly endless attacks on Nigeria’s rural populations has seen radical insurgents capturing large territories across the country’s north. The displacements and demographic distortions across hundreds…