Cover: Country Reports on Terrorism - Department of State
Nigerian Media Spotlight Negative U.S. Assessment of Military Performance
Animosity between Nigeria's security agencies and unwillingness to share intelligence are hampering efforts to combat the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeastern Nigeria, according to a U.S. government analysis. The assessment, published in the Africa chapter of the 2016 Country Reports on Terrorism released last month by the Department of State, has stirred criticism in Nigeria. The assessment runs counter to Nigerian government claims of successes in the military campaign.
The Nigerian military was unable to hold and rebuild civilian structures and institutions in those areas it had cleared,"
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Nigeria: Animosity Among Nigeria's Security Agencies Hampering Fight Against Boko Haram - U.S.
Premium Times, 1 August 2017
The animosity between Nigeria's security agencies and their unwillingness to share intelligence are hampering effort at effectively combating the Boko Haram insurgency in the… Read more »
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Nigeria: U.S.- Nigerian Military Lacks Capacity to Hold Captured Territories in N'east
This Day, 31 July 2017
In spite of the federal government's claim that the military had defeated the Boko Haram terrorists and was busy rehabilitating displaced persons in the North-east, the United… Read more »
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has directed military service chiefs to move back to the Maiduguri command centre of the ongoing war against Boko Haram, with a view to consolidating ... Read more »
