Title: Nigeria — Peace Insight
Headings: Nigeria
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An overview of conflict issues and political problems in Nigeria, as well as profiles of the work of local conflict resolution organisations. Nigeria suffers a variety of complex political problems including inequality, corruption, oil disputes, national disunity, and the Boko Haram insurgency. This seven year conflict and humanitarian crisis in the north has killed 20,000 and displaced 2.6 million people. Despite the government’s announcement in 2016, that the group had been ‘crushed,’ attacks have continued throughout 2017 from Madeguiri city to the Lake Chad Basin in IDP camps, universities, and mosques. The plight of refugees fleeing the violence is also worsening with the current severe drought and impending famine across northeast Nigeria. Violence has also intensified in rural areas between Fulani herdsmen and farmers amid claims of trespassing and sabotage. This cycle of violence is also catalysed by the drought. The Niger Delta has also been the scene of serious violence. Between 2006 and 2009 a militant group named MEND protested against the poverty of the region despite the oil wealth it produced. In 2009, a general amnesty was accepted by these militants.