Is Nigeria becoming impossible to govern?
With kidnapping on the increase and political violence worsening in the country鈥檚 North and South East, what can be done to make the country safe?
The kidnapping of at least 140 schoolchildren in the north-west of Nigeria is the latest crime to shake a country already struggling to contain militants in the north and separatists in the south. Add to this young protesters on the streets amid rising food prices and crime and the security situation in the country starts to look even shakier.
Charmaine Cozier examines the deeper reasons for Nigeria鈥檚 worsening instability and asks if Africa鈥檚 largest country is becoming impossible to govern.
Producers Soila Apparicio and Rob Cave
(A young girl reunites with family after she was kidnapped from her school in northwestern Nigeria March 2021. Photo: Aminu Abubakar/Getty Images)
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How division in Nigeria is fuelling the kidnapping crisis
Duration: 06:53
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- Thu 8 Jul 2021 07:06GMT麻豆社 World Service
- Thu 8 Jul 2021 14:06GMT麻豆社 World Service
- Thu 8 Jul 2021 21:06GMT麻豆社 World Service
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