12/5/2016, Helon Habila

Is This the Downfall of Boko Haram?

Is This the Downfall of Boko Haram?

My last visit to Maiduguri and Chibok was eight months ago, on Easter Sunday. Since then a lot has happened, including the negotiated release of 21 Chibok schoolgirls in October. Before then, one Chibok girl, Amina Ali Nkeki, was discovered wandering in Sambisa Forest with her child on May 17. Amina was the first to… more

3/29/2016, Tesa Arcilla

In Brussels, An Attack Predictable and Preventable

In Brussels, An Attack Predictable and Preventable

Brussels, the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union, was for many years synonymous with excruciating hours of EU talks that drag on only to yield watered-down compromises wrapped in legalese...