Ethnic-based violence within the same country without the context of declared war is a problem for Africa, and nowhere more so than in Nigeria. Typically, the Nigerian over-centralized government is unable to prevent such violence, and usually arrives after the acute episode has exhausted itself; it has (or shows) no will or inclination to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators. Hence, the government is not just unable to protect the citizens, it can’t provide security and it won’t prosecute offenders. The [...]