By Patricia Taft, Nate Haken (auth.)

This ebook takes a quantitative examine ICT-generated occasion info to focus on present traits and matters in Nigeria on the neighborhood, nation and nationwide degrees. with out emphasizing a particular coverage or schedule, it presents context and standpoint at the relative spatial-temporal distribution of clash elements in Nigeria. The research of violence at nation and native degrees unearths a fractal trend of overlapping ecosystems of clash danger that needs to be understood for potent, conflict-sensitive methods to improvement and direct clash mitigation efforts. relocating past analyses that use a vast non secular, ethnic or ancient lens, this e-book makes a speciality of the country’s 774 neighborhood govt components and comprises over 10,000 incidents coded by means of position, date and indicator to spot styles in clash hazard among 2009 and 2013. it's the first e-book to trace clash in Nigeria in this interval, which covers the Amnesty contract within the Niger Delta and the delivery of Boko Haram within the North. it is usually clash possibility warmth maps of every country and trend-lines of violence. The authors finish with a dialogue of the nuanced elements that result in escalating violence, akin to source pageant and developments in terrorism in this serious element in Nigeria’s background. Violence in Nigeria is designed as a reference for researchers and practitioners operating in defense, peacebuilding and improvement, together with coverage makers, intelligence specialists, diplomats, nationwide safeguard and place of origin safeguard specialists. Advanced-level scholars learning public coverage, diplomacy or computing device technology also will locate this publication necessary as a secondary textbook or reference.

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In April, it was reported that a member of the ACN was killed by thugs purportedly associated with the PDP during the gubernatorial elections. No motive was given for the attack. In June, two youths were reportedly killed by police during a confrontation over land that had been sold by village elders to the military for a cantonment site. In December, robberies led to at least six deaths, with five reported deaths occurring during a botched bank robbery. In 2012, there continued to be communal tensions, particularly around the issue of land.

From 2009 to 2010, most instances of insecurity that were reported concerned domestic disputes, although in March 2010 it was reported that a student was murdered in a dispute between rival cult gangs. Likewise, notable events in 2011 included the February reported killing of another student in a cult-related incident as well as a protest in April after the close of elections for governors and deputy governors. In August 2012, nearly 40 lawyers barricaded magistrates’ courts to protest the abduction of a newly appointed judge.

In December, intra-communal violence over land issues and community leadership resulted in a violent clash reportedly led by local youths. It was later reported that residents fled following the outbreak of violence and economic activity was halted, although there were no subsequent reports of deaths or property destruction. 3 Aniocha North/South As in other parts of Delta State, much of the violence in the reported time period in Aniocha North and South was associated with kidnappings, domestic violence, and abductions.

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