Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - ISWAP plots Lagos etc(Examiner)

Nigerian Security Crisis

Sometime ago I  suggested

that "the Fulani herdsman"

trope that some writers

deployed in their analysis  

of ongoing instability in

Nigeria was questionable.  

Use of the term "bandits"

to describe the perpetrators

was also just as inaccurate

and misleading. The first label

"ethnicized"the conflict

and the second trivialized

it.This crisis indeed merits

a systemic and regional

approach,  by all decision

makers who seek to solve

the problem of wanton

instability. It warrants

coordination with Mali;

weapons from  China,

Russia, Turkey and all

willing, affordable sources;

strategic planning with

urgency; and the WILL

to turn things around.

Terrorist groups such

as AQIM, ANSAR al-Din,

ISIS - GS, ISWAP, MOJWA,

Boko Haram - must be

seen as regional ,existential

  threats to West Africa's

16 countries. Illegal gold

and  coltan mining;

funding by Qatar and Saudi

Arabia; local opportunism;

rivalry between ISIS-GS

and ISWAP; inept politicians;

double dealing by some

Western countries; and local

grievances- must be

brought to the table in

serious discussion and

planning.

As Professor Ayo Olukotun,

Director of the Oba S.K

Adetona Institute for

Governance Studies,

Olabisi Onabanjo University

so aptly summarized

in a recent commentary

entitled, "Insecurity:

A Nation Sleep Walking

in utter peril"-

this is a moment of great

danger .Sleep walking

is not the answer.

An original sin

was U.S training of

Afghan mujahidin in a war

against the Soviets. A

corps of unrelenting

jihadists emerged.

John Cooley's, "Unholy Wars"

stands the test of time

on this. Rampant  inequality

within regions expanded the

scope and range of

jihadist footsoldiers.

The collapse of Libya

in 2011, created a wave

of westward bound

jihadists. Inept politicians

continue to fuel the

crisis with too much

talk, and too little walk-

and coordinated action.

West Africa's 423million

inhabitants must demand

 more.

Prof. Gloria Emeagwali

Professor Gloria Emeagwali
Prof. of History/African Studies, CCSU
africahistory.net; vimeo.com/ gloriaemeagwali
Recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Research
Excellence Award, Univ. of Texas at Austin;
2019 Distinguished Africanist Award
New York African Studies Association

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