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par Nina Kruggel Il y a 4 années

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Nigeria

Nigeria is a country with a complex blend of cultural, economic, and social issues. The capital city is Abuja, and it boasts a diverse population of over 203 million people as of 2018.

Nigeria

Nigeria

living conditions

60 percent of young men in North Africa (including Nigeria) are unemployed
two thirds of the inhabitans live in extreme poverty
poor medical conditions
insufficient power supply
conflict between Boko Haram and nigerian military

crime

drug-epidemic
2017: Opioids -> death toll by overdose
Widely used is cannabis, sectatives, heroin, cocain and non-medical use of prescription opioids were also noted
aged between 25 to 39
2018: around 14,3 Million people use psychoactive drug substances
codeine-abuse under teenager
rising propensity to violence and crime
Suicide bombings
Criminal gangs tap oil pipelines and sell the tapped oil on the black market
Prepayment or advance payment fraud ("Nigeria-Conncection")
kidnappings
Islamists, bandits and the bloody peasants-herders conflict -> destabilization of Nigeria
vote rigging
pastoral assaults
one in four girls and one in ten boys affected
Church -> important identification factor (190 million Christians)
Trust in priests or preachers greater than in the state -> abuse is a taboo subject

social life

education
further school system: the Islamic school system of the Madrasas
non-payment of salaries, low motivation of the teachers and enormous numbers of strikes-> lessons are often cancelled
Schools in poor conditions
Increasing number of private educational institutions
School enrolment rate at 93 percent; only 61 percent of children still attend school
nine years of compulsory education (from 6 to 15 years of age)
health
Drinking water supply very bad
Child mortality has been greatly reduced
Ban on vaccination for religious reasons -> over 1250 polio cases (polio) in Nigeria
Epidemics, for example: Ebola fever
Low incomes, rapidly growing population and empty state coffers -> not possible to create a health and pension system
Sick, poor and old people are dependent on family support

Conflicts

Boko Haram
Government declares Boko Haram defeated -> group continues to murder (see link)
105 out of 276 abducted persons could be freed -> the rest is unclear wheather they are still alive or have been already been released (2018)
2014: "Chibok - Girls" were kidnapped by Boko Haram
Boko Haram is an Islamist terror group
between farmers and Fulani herdsman
Latest news:
Murders go unpunished
Goal: ethnic cleansing
Mass killing on Fulanis
many murders, but not being investigated

characteristics

slogan: "Unity & Faith, Peace & Progress:"
capital city: Abuja
population: 203,452,505 (2018)
official language: English, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba