View: Why Nigeria needs to talk with the jihadists

View: Why Nigeria needs to talk with the jihadists

As the US and Israel’s war on Iran enters its fourth week, one unintended consequence is that Washington has been paying even less attention than usual to the security threats facing African countries.Nigeria is a case in point. Since the beginning of the year, the US has been providing equipment and a small number of specialists to the Nigerian military in its fight against Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in the co…