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Nigerian police officers. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

November 23, 2023

Nigeria can defeat banditry by reconstructing the police system – criminologist

Oluwole Ojewale, Institute for Security Studies

To defeat armed banditry in its north-west region, Nigeria needs to adopt a new approach to policing.

The Catholic hymn, “Te Deum” – which says, “You, God, we praise” – has been used for centuries in Catholic worship for thanksgiving. Iconotheca Valvasoriana Author Jean Marot via Wikimedia Commons.

November 18, 2022

How medieval Catholic traditions of thanksgiving prayers and feasting shaped the Protestant celebration of Plymouth’s pilgrims

Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross

The Pilgrims who started the first Thanksgiving tradition after they landed in Plymouth were following the customs they had grown up with, originating in medieval times.

Cameroonian demonstrators in Belgium demand President Biya step down and release all political prisoners. Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images

March 17, 2022

Cameroon: how language plunged a country into deadly conflict with no end in sight

Rogers Orock, University of the Witwatersrand

Anglophone grievances run deep and have remained unaddressed for a long time.

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Rogers Orock
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, Lafayette College
Joanne M. Pierce
Professor Emerita of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross
Oluwole Ojewale
Research Fellow, Obafemi Awolowo University, Regional Coordinator, Institute for Security Studies

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