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Boko Haram conflict: Nigeria’s army is failing the widows of dead soldiers

By Fisayo Ajala, Stellenbosch University
Nigerian soldiers’ widows have been reported as lacking support from the army, and even experiencing sexual harassment while claiming their late husbands’ benefits.

Their concerns echo the findings of our recent study as military sociologists.

The research focused on Nigerian widows who lost their husbands in the Boko Haram conflict, and the extent to which the Nigerian Army fulfilled its…The Conversation


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