Friday, 4 March 2016

Troubled waters: What Nigeria can do to improve security, the economy, and human welfare (Ian Livingston, Brookings)

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari attends the opening ceremony of the 26th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union at the AU headquarters in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, January 30, 2016. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Nigeria is facing a confluence of troubles: dramatically reduced oil prices have pummeled a country that depends on oil exports for two-thirds of its national revenues; the Boko Haram insurgency continues to wreak havoc particularly in the north of the country, where suicide bombings (many of which are now carried out by kidnapped girls) have killed hundreds; and corruption remains a drain on the country, which ranked 136th out of 168 countries on Transparency International’s 2015 Corruptions Perceptions Index.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/03/03-state-of-nigeria-livingston

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