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Peace in northeastern Nigeria requires justice for military crimes not just Boko Haram atrocities

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Idayat Hassan, Director of the Centre for Democracy and Development, an Abuja-based policy advocacy and research organisation

One day the Boko Haram insurgency will come to an end. When it does, there will be a painful time of reckoning. But for lasting peace to come to northeastern Nigeria, one important fact must be acknowledged from the start: there are perpetrators and victims on many sides.

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