banditry

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Some Nigerians welcomed U.S. intervention, citing their own government’s failure to make headway against terrorism and banditry since the kidnapping of the Chibok girls more than a decade ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Nigeria's counter-terrorism boss Major General Adamu Garba said recently that illegal mining "intersects with banditry, insurgency, arms trafficking and cross-border smuggling".

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

Nearly two-thirds of its 213 million people live on less than $2 a day; extremist violence and banditry are rife; and life expectancy is just 53, nine years below the African average.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2023

But although Niger had been battling its own jihadist insurgency and rural banditry, it had appeared relatively more stable than its neighbours.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 2023

The two sides signed another peace accord on 20 November 1994 and the cease-fire is generally holding, but military tensions and banditry persist.

From The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency