Nigeria declares state of emergency in three states

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ee-states.html

Nigeria declares state of emergency in three states

Nigeria has declared a "state of emergency" in three states where the Islamist group Boko Haram is rife.

Goodluck Jonathan as he declared state of emergency in the states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa

President Goodluck Jonathan declared the states of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, the three hardest hit by the insurgency.

He said more troops would "immediately" be deployed to the areas.

Mr Jonathan made a similar move in January last year following a spate of Boko Haram attacks, but in that case the decree only applied to specific local government areas in four states.

In seeking to impose the measure across a whole state, Jonathan must first secure the approval of Nigerian legislators, which he pledged to do.

The enhanced powers that come with the measure are unclear.

When former President Olusegun Obasanjo invoked the measure twice in 2004 and 2006, he removed democratically elected governors and installed appointed administrators to manage the states, both former military officers.

Mr Jonathan vowed that he would not employ that measure.

"The governors and other political office holders in the affected states will continue to discharge their constitutional responsibilities," he said.

The Boko Haram insurgency, which the group says is aimed at creating an Islamic state in the country's mainly Muslim north, has cost some 3,600 lives since 2009, including killings by the security forces.

But a series of recent brazen attacks have raised concerns that insurgents have become emboldened, with Jonathan saying that the latest violence amounted to "a declaration of war".

Another failing African state, and another example of how having completely different cultures under the same political + legal system (multiculturalism) doesn't work. The likelyhood is of course that Nigeria will end up splitting down the middle much like the Sudan did (Islamic north, Christian south) along with fracturing in the south where there are a few Kingdoms who wish to be independent but whom the central government refuse to grant independence to.

Interesting however that western foreign policy towards these matters always tends to be that these false-nations should be kept together at all costs - when the reality shows that when they are broken down into true nations peace follows. Think Yugoslavia for example.

Thoughts? agree with me or not?

[GommeInc]

Interesting however that western foreign policy towards these matters always tends to be that these false-nations should be kept together at all costs - when the reality shows that when they are broken down into true nations peace follows. Think Yugoslavia for example.

Thoughts? agree with me or not?

Yugoslavia is a good example, with Slovenia and Croatia now calm, peaceful countries with two separate languages and cultures (can't say much on the other countries that made up Yugoslavia as I've never been or heard much about them ).

However, the location of Nigeria is going to be problematic. If it were to split up, there could well be greater conflict over boundaries and, perhaps, one country wanting to take control over the other - for example if the Government of Nigeria are pre-dominantly Christian, the Islam side of the country may want to lead if the two broke up, invading the Christian country and in turn causing another meaningless religious war. Iraq has a similar battle going on at the moment, between the Sunni and Shi'ites, although that has since calmed in the eye of the media.

It all depends on what each group wants. If they want to have their own, micro-nations then that is promising, but if one wants to lead Nigeria you will just get more conflict.

[Grig]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ee-states.html

Nigeria declares state of emergency in three states

Nigeria has declared a "state of emergency" in three states where the Islamist group Boko Haram is rife.

Goodluck Jonathan as he declared state of emergency in the states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa

Another failing African state, and another example of how having completely different cultures under the same political + legal system (multiculturalism) doesn't work. The likelyhood is of course that Nigeria will end up splitting down the middle much like the Sudan did (Islamic north, Christian south) along with fracturing in the south where there are a few Kingdoms who wish to be independent but whom the central government refuse to grant independence to.

Interesting however that western foreign policy towards these matters always tends to be that these false-nations should be kept together at all costs - when the reality shows that when they are broken down into true nations peace follows. Think Yugoslavia for example.

Thoughts? agree with me or not?

Sudan is much more complicated than simply an Islamic North and Christian South, although that's a big part of it.

Sadly, for such states, there are these divisions like the Kingdoms you note that will have a bloody Civil War for a while to come.