Teaching Comparative Government and Politics

Monday, August 27, 2012

Talking to the enemy

It seems that at least part of the government is talking to part of Boko Haram in Nigeria.

Nigeria confirms informal Boko Haram talks
The Nigerian government says it has started informal talks with Boko Haram to try to end deadly attacks by the militant Islamist group.

A presidential spokesman said the dialogue was through "backroom channels", without elaborating further.

The group's main faction earlier this week ruled out peace talks…

This is the first official government confirmation of dialogue with the militant group, the BBC's Nigeria correspondent Tomi Oladipo reports.

An earlier attempt at peace talks collapsed very quickly.

The group has so far made no public comments over the latest revelation of the ongoing attempts towards negotiations, our correspondent says…

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