Nigeria: Halting Repeated School Kidnappings in Nigeria

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Gunmen snatched more than 270 girls from a boarding school in north-western Nigeria on 26 February, releasing them four days later. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Nnamdi Obasi looks at why the authorities are struggling to prevent these mass kidnappings.

The 26 February mass kidnapping was the third in the past three months in Nigeria's North West or adjacent states. Is the region becoming more insecure?

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