Nigeria’s Banditry Crisis: A Complete Timeline and Evolution (2009–2025)
What began as localized farmer-herder disputes in northwest Nigeria has morphed into one of Africa’s deadliest non-jihadist conflicts, claiming more lives annually than Boko Haram at its peak. Here is the full history, year by year. 2009–2014: Roots in Zamfara’s Gold Rush and Herder-Farmer Clashes 2015–2018: From Cattle Rustling to Full-Scale Rural Terrorism 2019–2020: Spillover … Read more