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Fragmented Approaches, Missed Opportunities: Security Coordination Challenges in Nigeria’s DDRR Efforts

Megatrends Policy Brief 42, 29.09.2025, 10 Pages

doi:10.18449/2025MTA-PB42

Disengagement, disassociation, reintegration, and reconciliation programmes are central to Nigeria’s counter-terrorism, but rivalries among security agencies limit their impact. Joshua Akintayo highlights how such competition weakens effectiveness and ultimately increases the risk of recidivism.

Women and children walk past torched houses following an attack by Boko Haram in Darul Jamal, Borno region in Nigeria, September 6, 2025.

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