Nigeria Made a Deal with Boko Haram. Was it Worth it?

Unless you follow african news closely it may have been a while since you last heard the name boko haram an islamic fundamentalist group boko haram has been fighting the nigerian state since 2009 wreaking havoc in the northern regions of the country at its peak in 2015 the group controlled about 52 000 square kilometers of territory which for some context is

Roughly the size of croatia obviously 2015 was quite a while ago and the group's influence has waned since then however it still poses a significant security challenge to abuja just this year alone the group killed eight soldiers and wounded 50 during a january attack in borno state the next month the group killed more than 170 people in one of the worst