Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
Nigerians are suffering the consequences of a growing Boko Haram insurgency, while government efforts to fight back are hampered by corruption and stubbornness. President Goodluck Jonathan needs to prove himself as a leader and mobilize all available resources.
In recent months, we’ve seen widespread violence in the CAR and South Sudan, and attacks by Boko Haram in Nigeria and by Al-Shabaab in Kenya. Youth are often perpetrators of these acts of political violence, but there is mixed evidence on what leads them to participate.