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Boko Haram Jihad Claim in Nigeria and the Sanctity of Life and Property in Islamic law

open access: yesInternational Journal of 'Umrānic Studies, 2022
Like many countries, Nigeria faces serious acute security challenges due to heinous activities of the deadly group known as Boko Haram (lit. Western Education is Prohibited (Haram)).
AbdulHameed Badmas Yusuf
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Boko Haram’s Terrorist Campaign in Nigeria

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Political Science
Boko Haram has fast become one of the world’s most notorious terrorist groups. The longevity of Boko Haram, coupled with its dynamic nature, necessitates that scholars keep abreast with a vast and intersectional array of developments.
Sven Botha
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NIGERIA: UNDERSTANDING BOKO HARAM

open access: yesConflict Studies Quarterly, 2020
This article is a contribution to the study of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria. It aims to demonstrate that the ethnic identity issues in Nigeria can provide elements in understanding Boko Haram as a contextual phenomenon. Indeed, this terrorist group has taken advantage of a fragile social context fueled by problems related to ethnic identity ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Violent crime as old as the Bible: Boko Haram uses rape as a weapon of war [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Days after Nigerian security forces freed 234 women from Boko Haram’s stronghold in Nigeria’s Sambisa forest it was reported that at least 214 (91%) of them were pregnant.
Gavin, Helen, The Conversation
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Event-based media monitoring methodology for Human Rights Watch [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Executive Summary This report, prepared by a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota for Human Rights Watch (HRW), investigates the use of event-based media monitoring (EMM) to review its application, identify its strengths and weaknesses ...
Eliel Gebru   +4 more
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Boko Haram: a new paradigm to West Africa security challenges

open access: yesVestnik RUDN. International Relations, 2016
Since 2010 Boko Haram uprising, it has transformed into a powerful regional terrorist group whose terrorist act of bombing and kidnapping had attracted the world attention.
Svetlana Alexandrovna Bokeriya   +1 more
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BOKO HARAM OPERATIONS IN NIGERIA:THE NEXUS BETWEEN FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND TERRORISTS

open access: yesInternational Studies Journal, 2023
Nigeria as a country has been plagued by extensive internal security challenges. There are spate of armed militia engagements against the federal republic of Nigeria and security agencies in the North-East Boko Haram terrorist) and armed militia and ...
Musa Abdulkarim Itodo   +1 more
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The EU as a security actor in Africa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Instability and conflict in Africa create a range of security problems for Europe. Rapidly increasing migration via the Mediterranean Sea, extremism and terrorism, as well as cross-border crime, all have implications for security in Europe, but are spill-
Hoebeke, Hans   +3 more
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The new frontiers of Islamist extremism: understanding the threat that al-Qaeda affiliates pose to African security [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines three violent Islamist groups in Africa - Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), al-Shabaab and Boko Haram - and the way they’ve evolved, especially in the linkages between them and al-Qaeda’s ideology and tactics.
Tobias Feakin
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