1. It's been a trying year for Nigerian security, esp the Boko Haram crisis; below are some of the key articles and analyses from 2018 for reflecting on what transpired this past year (but by no means comprehensively including all important research on the subject): 2. Brigaglia from his base in Capetown wrote two insightful pieces using primary sources from Boko Haram /ISWAP in "Slicing the Tumour" (politicsandreligionjournal.com/index.php/prj/…) and the AQIM document analysis w Iocci (academia.edu/37964841/_Some…)