DETAILING MANY THE FAULT LINE SPEEDING UP DISINTEGRATIVE TENDENCIES IN NIGERIA. Nigeria, having already experienced one brutal civil war, she is at risk for a recurrence of conflict or dissolution, especially since some of the underpinning motivations of the civil war has remained unresolved, detailing many fault lines speeding up disintegrative tendencies in the country. “In countries like Eritrea, Croatia, and Somaliland, studies has indicated that the weakest point of failing states is along colonial borders. Of more interest for Nigerian unity is that this may also occur between regions separately administered by a common colonial power, as occurred between Malaysia and Singapore, and North and South Sudan, where differences proved irreconcilable after the departure of British administration. At least, some of the resulting regions and states of a possible Nigerian devolution may divide along such internal lines”, as projected.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 22:47:21 +0000
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