Ayo Adedoyin

This is a column laden with shame – my shame. It’s about how lazy and complacent I’ve been in my attitude to Jews, or “my Jewish friends” as liberal progressives like me might put it to show that I’m on their side, really. And, to get it all out to begin with, I’m quite willing to accept that I may be shame-signalling here, which must be a version of virtue-signalling that suggests that I’m better than your average antisemite because I feel ashamed about it.

The idyllic Cornish coast where this year's G7 met and the arid Sahara desert seem worlds apart. Yet they are closer than you think. Faced with the imminent return of IS, and having failed to adequately consider them at the recent G7 summit, world leaders must attempt to restore global peace based on practical initiatives rather than empty slogans. Law and order, especially in countries most vulnerable to Islamist terrorism, should be a cornerstone of the G7 agenda.

Increasing levels of domestic terrorism in Nigeria are threatening the potential for future investment and development in a promising region. The UK should be viewing the escalation of events closely and with great concern, and support bolstering security measures in the country, argues Ayo Adedoyin. The last Saturday of November saw Boko Haram's brutal murder of over 110 farm workers near Maiduguri. Six others were wounded and eight went missing, including several women.