10/10/2013
Africa: Worsening Violence in Northern Nigeria Reveals Echoes of Algeria and AQIM
[African Arguments]Boko Haram's recent, deadly attack on the agricultural college in Gujba, Yobe State has raised some difficult and urgent questions for the Nigerian federal authorities and international community. The most pressing - how and why did this happen - quickly give way to more substantive concerns about the efficacy of the security forces and their counter-terrorism campaign.
