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March 27, 2023

Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: March 18-24

This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from March 18 to March 24, 2023.

Map of Nigeria shaded in red to reflect Nigeria Security Tracker-documented deaths per state. Borno state, the northeastern-most state, is dark red, while the rest of the country are shades of pink. Regions of Cameroon, Chad, and Niger that have experienced Boko Haram-related violence are also shaded.

March 23, 2023

Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: March 11-17

This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from March 11 to March 17, 2023. 

Map of Nigeria shaded in red to reflect Nigeria Security Tracker-documented deaths per state. Borno state, the northeastern-most state, is dark red, while the rest of the country are shades of pink. Regions of Cameroon, Chad, and Niger that have experienced Boko Haram-related violence are also shaded.

March 15, 2023

Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: March 4-10

This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from March 4 to March 10, 2023. 

Map of Nigeria shaded in red to reflect Nigeria Security Tracker-documented deaths per state. Borno state, the northeastern-most state, is dark red, while the rest of the country are shades of pink. Regions of Cameroon, Chad, and Niger that have experienced Boko Haram-related violence are also shaded.

March 3, 2023

Chad
The United States Should Not Play Russia’s Game in Africa

In the wake of reports of a Wagner Group plot in Chad, Washington should resist the urge to resurrect Cold War-era partnerships.

People gather around the coffin of Oredje Narcisse, the Chadian journalist who was killed during a pro-democracy demonstration, as they attend his burial ceremony in N'Djamena, Chad.

March 8, 2023

Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: February 25-March 3

This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from February 25 to March 3, 2023.

Map of Nigeria shaded in red to reflect Nigeria Security Tracker-documented deaths per state. Borno state, the northeastern-most state, is dark red, while the rest of the country are shades of pink. Regions of Cameroon, Chad, and Niger that have experienced Boko Haram-related violence are also shaded.

April 13, 2021

Chad
Chad Holds Another Sham Election

On April 11, Chadians went cast their votes to elect a president. Not that the outcome was ever in doubt: incumbent president Idriss Deby, born in 1952, said publicly that he knew in advance that he would win "as I have done for the last thirty years."

A picture of Chadian President Idriss Deby.

February 27, 2023

Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: February 18-24

This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from February 18 to February 24, 2023. 

Map of Nigeria shaded in red to reflect Nigeria Security Tracker-documented deaths per state. Borno state, the northeastern-most state, is dark red, while the rest of the country are shades of pink. Regions of Cameroon, Chad, and Niger that have experienced Boko Haram-related violence are also shaded.

February 27, 2023

Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: February 11-17

[This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from February 11 to February 17, 2023]

Map of Nigeria shaded in red to reflect Nigeria Security Tracker-documented deaths per state. Borno state, the northeastern-most state, is dark red, while the rest of the country are shades of pink. Regions of Cameroon, Chad, and Niger that have experienced Boko Haram-related violence are also shaded.

September 9, 2021

Nigeria
Boko Haram Capture of Military Equipment Fuels Lake Chad Insurgency

A new report shows that the quantities of lethal materiel seized by Boko Haram from state stockpiles are astonishingly high, and the range of weapon systems lost is worryingly extensive. The diversion of contingent-owned equipment (COE)—that is, government-owned materiel—from the four Lake Chad Basin countries participating in and alongside the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) has occurred on a level unprecedented on the African continent.

Two solders crouch on one knee, one with an assault rifle pointed forward, the other with his rifle aimed at the ground. Behind them is a Toyota pickup truck with a mounted gun in the back, with another soldier manning the gun.

February 15, 2023

Nigeria
Nigeria Security Tracker Weekly Update: February 4-10

[This update represents violence in Nigeria and related to Boko Haram in Cameroon, Chad, and Niger from February 4 to February 10, 2023.]

Map of Nigeria shaded in red to reflect Nigeria Security Tracker-documented deaths per state. Borno state, the northeastern-most state, is dark red, while the rest of the country are shades of pink. Regions of Cameroon, Chad, and Niger that have experienced Boko Haram-related violence are also shaded.