Security personnel patrol the streets amid a surge in violence in Mangu, Plateau State, Nigeria, on Jan. 24, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from video. Reuters TV via Reuters
As Fulani Islamist violence devastates Christian communities across Nigeria’s Middle Belt, Chinese mining interests, weapons flows, and land displacement are fueling the conflict while entire villages are driven from some of West Africa’s richest mineral regions.
Antonio Graceffo, Ph.D., is a China economy analyst who has spent more than 20 years in Asia. Graceffo is a graduate of the Shanghai University of Sport, holds an MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied national security at American Military University.
