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Why extremists take cover in Nigeria's forests | DW News
Source: DW News | 26 January 2026
Nigeria's forest reserves were never designed with terrorism in mind. While laws exist to protect forests from resource extraction, the government has limited capacity to patrol and restrict illicit activities, according to analyst Ladd Serwat.
"Police and military don't tend to patrol within the forests and instead rely on roadblocks outside of these protected spaces to intercept things like logging trucks and engage in extortion," says Serwat of the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED) organization.
