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[Publication] Countering Lakurawa Recruitment in Northwest Nigeria

• Countering Lakurawa Recruitment in Northwest Nigeria
• Jihadist insurgents of the Lakurawa group remain active on Nigerian soil, where they continue to recruit new members. Without immediate, coordinated federal and local interventions to counter the insurgent group’s influence, the Nigerian state risks the entrenchment of parallel insurgent governance, increased radicalisation of rural communities, and the consolidation of a Sahelian insurgency through its Northwest corridor.

[Page] BICC Policy Brief - Jihadi Banditry

• Since 2017 government actors and international agencies USAID 2017 have repeatedly indicated that the situation in northeastern Nigeria the epicentre of the Boko Haram conflict was returning to normal In January 2023 for instance President Muhammadu Buhari in a statement from the presidency expressed his delight at the return of peace and normalcy in Yobe State and Northeast Nigeria Federal Government of Nigeria 2023 This narrative is not new Oginni 2023 a...

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• Force Persecution Violence and Multiple Mobilities Questioning Linear Understandings in Forced Migration ResearchSession Chairs Prof Dr Conrad Schetter & Dr Benjamin Etzold bicc A Journey of a Lifetime Displaced Peoples Struggles for HomeLuis Eduardo Perez Murcia Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity Biographical Projects and Violence Experiences of Forced Migrants in the Case of Transit CountriesLudger Pries & Berna Safak Zülfikar Savci Ruhr Universität Bochum Co...

[Publication] Föderalismus als Konfliktregelung. Indien, Russland, Spanien und Nigeria im Vergleich

• Föderalismus als Konfliktregelung. Indien, Russland, Spanien und Nigeria im Vergleich

[Event] Regional Training on physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) in Nigeria

• The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with technical support from the Multinational Small Arms and Ammunition Group (MSAG), and BICC conducted the third training of a multi-phase PSSM course for the ECOWAS region from 12 to 22 November 2019.
• Friday, 22 November 2019: Regional Training on physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) in Nigeria

[Event] Regional training on physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) in Jaji, Nigeria

• Friday, 24 May 2019: Regional training on physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) in Jaji, Nigeria

[Project] Physical Security and Stockpile Management (PSSM) Capacity Development and Technical Advice in West Africa

• With this project, BICC continues capacity development activities on PSSM in two focus countries of the enhancement initiative of the German federal government (Ertüchtigungsinitiative der Bundesregierung): Nigeria and Mali. It complements the PSSM Capacity Building and Advisory project, which is currently undertaken by BICC with the African Union and the Regional Centre on Small Arms (RECSA). BICC has supported PSSM capacity development activities in the ECOWAS region since 2014 wh...

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[Event] Pre-Forum of the 5th Governor's Forum 2025

• Emerging Trends and Policy Implications
• Tuesday, 28 January 2025: Maiduguri, Nigeria

[Publication] Turning the curse into a blessing. A convenient illusion. Lessons from the Nigerian EITI process

• Turning the curse into a blessing. A convenient illusion. Lessons from the Nigerian EITI process