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The slogan Boko Haram, which roughly translates to “western education is forbidden”, has come to be associated with insurgency in Nigeria’s north-eastern region. But when Hannah Hoechner and Yagana Bukar interviewed some former members of insurgency groups, they found that they actually valued western education and had joined the groups for other reasons. Addressing those reasons might be a surer path to peace.
Kenya’s crackdown on recent protests illustrates how the country has failed to reform its policing approach from authoritarian to citizen-serving. Tessa Diphoorn and Naomi van Stapele argue that reforms fail because the Kenyan government’s engagement with the public is rooted in violence. They identify five ways the state uses force against the people.
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Hannah Hoechner, University of East Anglia; Yagana Bukar, University of Maiduguri
Boko Haram leaders valued western education knowledge for the tactical advantages it offered.
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Tessa Diphoorn, Utrecht University; Naomi van Stapele, Hague University of Applied Sciences
Reforms have failed to transform an authoritarian police force into a democratic one.
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Luke Sinwell, University of Johannesburg
Grassroots protests can change people’s lives for the better.
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Beth le Roux, University of Pretoria
Ravan Press published many black authors who wrote against apartheid, leading to Peter Randall being banned by the state.
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John Paterson, University of New England
A 500-million-year-old find reveals previously unknown features of the sea creatures responsible for some of palaeontology’s most recognisable fossils.
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From our international editions
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Marko Nikolic, UCL; Kaylee Worlock, UCL
In a human ‘challenge trial’ we deliberately infected volunteers with COVID to get the answer.
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Rainbow Murray, Queen Mary University of London
French far-right party, the National Front, has taken a third of votes, nearly doubling its support from 2022.
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Kevin J. McMahon, Trinity College; Michael Paris, College of Staten Island, CUNY
How does someone with power and fame walk away from it? It’s not easy, as these three examples from politics and sports show.
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David McGillivray, University of the West of Scotland; Callum McCloskey, University of the West of Scotland; Conor Wilson, University of the West of Scotland
For host cities football fans are simultaneously potential consumers and criminals. But they have rights, and fan zones are a good way of protecting fans, the public and the streets.
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Sean Rafferty, University at Albany, State University of New York
Corn has its roots in Mexico about 9,000 years ago.
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