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Podcast: Global Dispatches -- World News That Matters
Episode: Can Justice and Accountability Solve Nigeria's Security Challenges?
Description: On June 5th, armed men attacked worshipers at a Catholic Church in the city of Owo, Nigeria. Scores of people were reportedly killed and many more injured. My guest today, Idayat Hassan, is director of the Center for Democracy and Development in Nigeria. We kick off discussing this church attack as well as another high profile recent attack on a train in northern Nigeria. Idayat Hassan then describes how these attacks fit into broader patterns of insecurity in Nigeria. The increasing insecurity in parts of Nigeria today comes less than a year ahead of major nati...