Boko Haram's increasingly coordinated attacks, including the Christmas church bombings and the attack on the U.N. building in Abuja, underscore growing tensions in Nigeria.
Divided Under God: Nigeria's Sectarian Crisis
Photographer Bénédicte Kurzen documents the aftermath of the Christmas Day attack in Madalla, Nigeria, where the Islamist militant group Boko Haram set off a bomb at a Catholic church.
Pulitzer Center grantee Bénédicte Kurzen talks about Nigeria's worsening sectarian violence and the need for in-depth news coverage that would explain the root causes of this Muslim-Christian strife.
The 2011 general elections exposed Nigeria's deep economic, social and geographical fissures—which led to the worst single outbreak of violence since its independence-era civil war.
After bombing the United Nations headquarters in Nigeria, Boko Haram has gone from being a local nuisance to an international threat.
Pulitzer Center grantee Joe Bavier was featured in a CNN report on Boko Haram's increasingly coordinated terrorist attacks in Nigeria.
Veteran Africa correspondent Joe Bavier explains Boko Haram, the Nigerian terror group responsible for the Christmas Day church bombings.
The government must think hard about how to tackle an Islamist uprising that may have less to do with religion than the rebels claim.
The Christmas Day church bombings demonstrate that Boko Haram, a radical and violent Islamist movement, is gaining momentum among impoverished Muslims in Nigeria.
This lesson accompanies Dawn Shapiro's documentary, The Edge of Joy, exploring the maternal mortality crisis in Nigeria.
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Joe Bavier has covered West and Central Africa for the past six years, reporting on armed conflict, famine, and political crises. Until December 2009, he served as Reuters correspondent in...
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Bénédicte Kurzen is based in Johannesburg. She holds a master’s degree with Excellence in Contemporary History from the Sorbonne, Paris. She also studied semiology for one year, and wrote her final...