On the face of it, refugee status and humanitarian protection seem like two sides of the same coin. Both are a form of international protection granted to a person in need. Both result in a grant of five years’ permission to remain in the UK on a pathway to settlement after that. They give most …
It was only a matter of time before US President Donald Trump picked up on claims made during his previous term that Christians are being persecuted in the West African nation. And when he did, tensions quickly escalated. The wreckage of a dormitory destroyed by Boko Haram fighters at the Chibok girls secondary school. Photographer: Laurie Churchman/AFP/Getty Images …
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From Boko Haram to herder–farmer clashes, Nigeria’s crises are complex. Simplistic genocide claims fuel propaganda. 'I’m not a Christian, but they are systematically killing the Christians in Nigeria,' Maher said on his show, Real Time with Bill Maher, on September 26 [Bill Maher/Reuters] In recent days, coordinated attacks on Nigeria’s nationhood have swept across social …
US, Chinese flags The moment a rising power challenges an established one is always fraught with peril. History offers a playbook, and today's strategists are reading it closely. In the autumn of 1956, the world watched as a dramatic crisis unfolded around the Suez Canal. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser's decision to nationalize the canal …
While the nation’s capital is buzzing with whispers of phantom plotters and shadowy figures in Aso Rock’s broom closets, we have all been spectacularly distracted. The actual, successful, and shockingly brazen coup against the Federal Republic of Nigeria did not happen in Abuja. It happened in a Lagos press conference, and the general’s name is …
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