NIGERIA | A Collapsing Country? - Video

Nigeria faces an unprecedented range of security challenges. In addition to the ongoing Biafran independence movement in the southeast, an insurgency continues in the Delta region. To the northeast, the country faces a brutal Islamist terrorist campaign by Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). Meanwhile, violent Muslim Fulani herders from the northwest are increasingly pushing into the central and southern parts of the country. On top of this, there are now signs that the southwest, which has tended to be more peaceful, is also facing growing security threats. This has led many to ask whether Nigeria should now be thought of as a failed state. Indeed, is it a collapsing country?

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Nigeria gained independence from Britain in 1960. However, since then it has faced a bewildering array of security challenges. As well as a brutal civil war in the 1960s - the Biafran War - it has endured conflicts over oil and land resources as well as religious extremism. It is also mired in banditry, gang violence, vigilantism and many more localised ethno-national conflicts. And a major attack on a Catholic Church in the southwest suggests a dangerous new direction could be emerging. Worryingly, there is little sign that the situation is getting better. The security forces seem unable to handle the range of security threats the country faces. Looking ahead, there is little room for optimism as the government fails to address the huge structural problems the country faces. This includes endemic corruption, high youth unemployment, the growing effects of climate change and small arms proliferation. All of which contribute to the bleak security situation Nigeria faces.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction and Titles
0:46 Nigeria's Security Challenges
1:56 Nigeria: Geography and Demography
3:10 Nigeria: British Colonial Rule
4:00 Independence and the Biafran War
4:42 The Delta Conflict and Biafran Separatism
6:16 Islamist Insurgency and the Herder Conflict
8:03 Insecurity in Southwest Nigeria
9:17 Nigerian Police and Army Responses
10:54 Structural Insecurity in Nigeria
10:56 Is Nigeria Collapsing?

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FURTHER READING & USEFUL SOURCES

National Security Strategy 2019
https://ctc.gov.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ONSA-UPDATED.pdf
Nigeria Presidency https://statehouse.gov.ng/presidency/
Nigerian Army https://army.mil.ng
This Place Used to Be Green (Niger Delta Conflict)
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/dec/06/this-place-used-to-be-green-the-brutal-impact-of-oil-in-the-niger-delta
Nigeria: What Everyone Needs to Know https://amzn.to/3I4e6Lv

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