Based on an analysis of Nigeria Security Tracker data, deaths from sectarian violence have almost doubled since 2017. The NST documented 1,949 deaths through October 2018, compared to 1,041 sectarian-related deaths in all of 2017. Violence is about even with Boko Haram, in terms of the number of conflict-related victims. Deaths related to the Boko Haram conflict through October 2018 are roughly 1,900.

This is a guest post by Asch Harwood. Asch is the Council on Foreign Relations Africa program research associate. The Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy have released their 2012 Failed States Index. …

The Nigeria Security Tracker is now accessible on cfr.org; check it out. The Nigeria Security Tracker (NST) is a research project of the Council’s Africa program that I direct. The project was origi…

This is a guest post by Asch Harwood and Melissa Bukuru. Asch is the CFR Africa program research associate. Follow him on Twitter at @aschlfod. Melissa is the CFR Africa program intern. Like mobile …

This is a guest post by Asch Harwood. Asch is the Council on Foreign Relations Africa program research associate. Yesterday, the White House released its new Africa policy. The top two pillars—suppo…