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A quantitative geospatial analysis of the risk that Boko Haram will target a school. [PDF]
PLoS ONEWe provide a novel quantitative geospatial analysis of school attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram in Nigeria. Such attacks are used by Boko Haram to kidnap boys (for potential use as child soldiers and suicide bombers) and girls (for potential use as ...
Lirika Sola +2 more
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The Growing Threat of Boko Haram to Regional Security
Jurnal Studi Pemerintahan, 2021 This Research will analyse and delves into one of the most notorious terrorist groups in today’s world Islamic State of West Africa commonly known as Boko Haram. Through this paper's medium, we will delve into one of the most brutal and heinous terrorist
Hafidz Ridha Try Sjahputra +1 more
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Scarcity in the Study of Boko Haram in Nigeria: Notes from the Field (2013-2016)
Sources, 2021 Since the national and subsequent international spotlight has been put on Boko Haram in 2009, the Nigerian sect has piqued the curiosity of the academic and non-academic worlds.
Ini Dele-Adedeji
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Uncovering the internal structure of Boko Haram through its mobility patterns
Applied Network Science, 2020 Boko Haram has caused nearly 40,000 casualties in Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon and Chad, becoming one of the deadliest Jihadist organisations in recent history.
Rafael Prieto Curiel +2 more
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Female Mob Encounters and Boko-Haram in the North-East of Nigeria, 2009-2019
Bulletin of "Carol I" National Defense University, 2023 As African states grapple with the challenges of democratic governance, there are postcolonial experiences of mob-related violence. Such is manifest in the extrajudicial reaction of citizens across North-East Nigeria to suspected attacks by agents of ...
Sharon OMOTOSO, Ph.D +2 more
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Interdisciplinary Journal of Sociality Studies, 2022 The persistent attacks from Boko Haram have been issues of concern to the Nigerian government and its citizens. The study assessed spatio-temporal pattern of attacks by Boko-Haram insurgents and its effects on education in the Northern Region of Nigeria ...
Adewale Akingbade +2 more
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Boko Haram Insurgency and the 2015 General Elections in Nigeria
Journal of International Studies, 2015 This is a study of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, and how it affected the 2015 General Elections in the country. The Boko Haram is a Muslim fundamentalist sect founded in 2002, but the insurgency it mounted in Nigeria in 2009 has dovetailed into ...
Emmanuel Ikechi Onah
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World without a Word: Reading Silence in Selected Recent Nigerian Poetry
Journal of Language and Literature, 2022 Trauma is not a recent motif in Nigerian literature. Literary critics have copiously investigated into the trauma of Nigerian Civil War. However, the Boko Haram insurgency, which has ravaged many communities majorly in the North-East of Nigeria, has ...
Adewuyi Aremu Ayodeji
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A Description of MMPI-2-RF Profile of Eleven Boko Haram Terrorists
Tazkiya Journal of Psychology, 2023 Nigeria, the largest country on the continent of Africa, has been fighting wars with the proclaimed terrorist group Boko Haram. Currently, Boko Haram has between 1,500 and 2,000 fighters; most documentation about them is either a position paper or a ...
Temitope Folashade Aroyewun +3 more
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Twittering the Boko Haram Uprising in Nigeria: Investigating Pragmatic Acts in the Social Media [PDF]
, 2013 This paper investigates pragmatic acts in the discourse of tweeters and online feedback comments on the activities of Boko Haram, a terrorist group in Nigeria. The tweets and comments illustrate acts used to express revolutionary feelings and reflect
Adegoke, Adetunji, Chiluwa, Innocent
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