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Vol 62 No 3

Published 4th February 2021


Nigeria

The guard changes, at last

An army on the backfoot could get more resources but will have to beef up its fight against insurgents and tackle communal clashes

Sacking the four service chiefs was one of the few things on which Nigeria's Senate, its leading civil society groups and Western ambassadors were unanimously agreed. Insiders at Aso Rock in Abuja were saying that was precisely why President Muhammadu Buhari, who prides himself on his resilience to outside pressure, would never do it.

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