Nigeria: Security Worries Overshadow Nigerian Centenary

27 February 2014

As Nigeria holds celebrations to mark its centenary as a unified state, it was promised support by visiting French President Francois Hollande in its protracted battle with terrorism.

The centenary celebrations marked Nigerian unification on January 1, 1914 and were attended by some 40 heads of state. They were preceded on a conference on peace, development and, appropriately enough, "human security."

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