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Articles · Vol. 26 No. 1-2 (2001): Africa Development

Youths, Violence and the Collapse of Public Order in the Niger Delta of Nigeria

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Vol. 26 · 2001 No. 1-2 Africa Development AD

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Youths violence Public order military rule conflicts ethnicity Niger delta Nigeria

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  • Charles Ukeje

     teaches international relations at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. An earlier draft of this article was presented at the CODESRIA Governance Institute on Violence, Security , Law and Order, Dakar, Senegal, August 3-September 11, 1998.

     

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