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Understanding Boko Haram
<p>There are two lenses through which Boko Haram is commonly viewed. The first focuses on ideas of Islamic extremism and religious violence, explaining the insurgency as an outgrowth of an ideology. The second uses theories of relative deprivation and frustration-aggression to find motivation in …
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Boko Haram : an African insurgency
Boko Haram emerged as an independent group in Nigeria in the early 2000s and has since begun an insurgency, primarily operating in the northeastern region of Nigeria and increasingly further south and across the country's borders. Researchers have conducted numerous studies analyzing the causes of …
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Reporting terrorism: Boko Haram in the Nigerian press.
… Nigerian press to consider the representation of Boko Haram in its national media. Boko Haram is one of the most violent groups in the world currently and has officially been designated as a terrorist organisation by every major government in the world. The study aims to show how an African press …
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Conceptualizing Boko Haram : victimage ritual and the construction of Islamic fundamentalism
… of victimage ritual is employed to analyze four Boko Haram messages on You Tube, five e-mail messages sent to journalists from leaders of Boko Haram, and a BlogSpot web page devoted to Boko Haram. The aim of this analysis is to understand the persuasive devices by which Boko Haram leaders create, …
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Human insecurity in Nigeria: a case study of Boko Haram from 2009-2019
… in Nigeria, by examining the implication of the Boko Haram insurgency. The effects of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, ranges from political, economic, social, cultural, to environmental. These insecurities have led to the destabilisation of the country and its economy. Although human …
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Terrorism and contagion theory: examining the influence of ISIS on Boko Haram (2012-2016)
… operating in different geographical locations, Boko Haram in Nigeria and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, will be studied. This is done to identify the influence and communicable effects of terrorism from the latter on the former. The existence of BH has primarily been identified as a result …
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Terrorism in Nigeria: a study of Boko Haram religious violence in North East Nigeria
… been facing terrorist activities perpetrated by Boko Haram in the past decade. Researches into this area are mostly based on anecdotal sources. However, building on existing works, this study explored the causes of Boko Haram, its sources of funds and arms, relationship with the other …
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Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) regimes and institutional responses: a case study of Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria
… local conditions impact efforts to limit Boko Haram's access to funding through international regulatory instruments on counter-terrorist financing. The study both confirms and augments Boyle's analysis by drawing on qualitative field data involving nineteen policy specialists attached to …
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The Boko Haram Crisis: Responses by State and non-State Actors to a Security Challenge in the Lake Chad Region
… response of the international community against Boko Haram insurgency as well as the reaction of the Nigerian government and the regional countries of the Lake Chad Basin (Chad, Benin, Niger, Cameroon) in tackling the violence. Boko Haram has caused severe humanitarian crisis in the region as …
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MEDIA AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA: ANALYSIS OF WAR AND PEACE FRAMES IN THE BOKO HARAM CRISIS COVERAGE
… an insightful account of a complex conflict- the Boko Haram conflict, in northern Nigeria. Boko Haram is an Islamic fundamentalist group that operates out of north-eastern Nigeria. With the Boko Haram conflict as the focus of analysis, this study examines conflict reporting strategies against the …
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The counterinsurgency campaign of the Nigerian army : the fight against the Boko-Haram insurgency in north-east Nigeria, 1999-2017
… one of the deadliest insurrections has been the Boko-Haram insurgency. The militant group has been identified as one of the deadliest insurgent groups globally; it started as a fringe group of enthusiastic youths in North-East Nigeria, growing to become a sophisticated international force, …
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Institutional Counterinsurgency Frameworks in Africa’s Lake Chad Basin and the Operations of the Multinational Joint Task Force Against Boko Haram
… teachings and jihad” is commonly known as Boko Haram which means “Western education is forbidden.” Boko Haram originated in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno in 2002, but its violent activities extend into neighboring Cameroon, Chad, and Niger in the Lake Chad Basin. Such transnational …
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A comparative assessment of the socio-economic dimension of Niger delta militancy and Boko Haram insurgency: towards the security-development nexus in Nigeria
… and effects) of Niger Delta Militancy and Boko Haram insurgency, within the ongoing debate on the nexus between security and development. Using the mix of Root Cause and Rational Choice theories (2RCs), the study through qualitative methods, demonstrates the relative implication of …
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Developing framework for the reconstruction of housing for the internally displaced people due to conflict
As a result of Boko Haram conflict in Nigeria, many people have been displaced and a lot of houses destroyed. The displaced people are presently domiciled in different temporary camps across the country and the camps are in bad condition without electricity, clean drinking water, food, medical …
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The responsibility to protect (R2P): an analysis of the fulfillment of the obligation borne by the Nigerian Government and the international community to protect the Nigerian population from Boko Haram
… of the Islamic extremist militant group called Boko Haram. I analyzed various measures taken by the Nigerian government, the United Nations, the African Union, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and concluded that the measures taken were not effective in defeating Boko …
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U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy in Africa
… (AQIM) in Mali, al-Shabaab (MYM) in Somalia, and Boko Haram (BH) in Nigeria. The apparent defeat of AQIM in Mali pushed the Islamists into adjacent territory without disrupting the group's capability to conduct attacks or cutting off its sources of funding. Similarly, al-Shabaab in Somalia has …
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International criminal law and the African girl child soldier: does the international criminal law framework provide adequate protection to the African girl child soldier?
… research on crimes against humanity committed by Boko Haram, and found a lot of research had been conducted on the use of children in war. I became particularly interested in the use of girl child soldiers because of the disparity between them and their male counterparts - how they were used …
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Humanitarian Response for Internally Displaced Women and Children in North-East, Nigeria
<p>The insurgency created by Boko Haram in the North-Eastern Region of Nigeria has displaced over 2.7 million people. From 2009 to the present day, millions of women and children are forced to seek refuge in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe state. The focus on …
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Radicalisation and deradicalisation in Nigeria: an analysis of what works and what doesn't
… In the North, an insurgent group called Boko Haram emerges in 2009; they advocated for the establishment of an Islamic state that started with warning that, western education is prohibited. Reports say the group caused death of around 100,000 and displaced over 2 million people. As such, …
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