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“Small Fires Causing Large Fires”: The rise of Boko Haram in Northeastern Nigeria and its Transnational Posture in the Lake Chad Basin

open access: yesThe Journal of Intelligence, Conflict and Warfare, 2021
The Islamist group, Jama’atul Alhul Sunnah Lidda’wati wal Jihad, translated as “people committed to the propagation of the Prophet’s teachings and jihad”, is commonly known as Boko Haram, which means “Western education is forbidden.” It originated in ...
Gershon Adela
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The politics of amnesty in Nigeria: a comparative analysis of the Boko Haram and Niger Delta insurgencies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Special Edition issue - Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Sub-Saharan AfricaThis paper presents a comparative analysis of the Niger Delta amnesty programme and the proposed amnesty for Boko Haram insurgents in Nigeria.
Nwankpa, Michael
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Influence of Boko Haram Terrorist Group’s Attacks on the Livelihoods of the Rural Dwellers in Nigeria: A Historical Stroke and Empirical Analysis

open access: yesCхід, 2020
The article reveals certain historical, socio-economic and demographic aspects of the attacks of Boko Haram terrorist group on the livelihoods of the rural population in Nigeria. The authors used a multidisciplinary approach and conducted a comprehensive
Chinyere Nwadike Alimba   +1 more
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Hostile gatekeeping: The strategy of engaging with journalists in extremism reporting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This article broadly examines the relationship between strategic communications and journalism with specific reference to the issue of violent extremism.
Tasiu Abubakar, A.
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BOKO HARAM AND JIHAD IN NIGERIA

open access: yesScientia Militaria, 2012
Nigeria has recently been confronted with increased terrorist activity by a group called Boko Haram. This group has been able to survive counterterrorist measures by the Nigerian government and has increased its attacks on targets inside and outside its ...
Soumia Ait-Hida, Theo Brinkel
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ANALYSING NIGERIA-BOKO HARAM CONFLICT THROUGH THE PRISM OF MARX’S THEORY OF ECONOMIC DETERMINISM

open access: yesJurnal Sosiologi Agama, 2021
Karya ini menganalisis konflik antara Nigeria dan Boko Haram dari perspektif teori Determinisme Ekonomi Karl Marx. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif berdasarkan data kepustakaan, penulis mencoba mencari ide yang dapat digunakan sebagai analisis ...
Moses Joseph Yakubu   +1 more
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Boko Haram: Religion and Violence in the 21st Century

open access: yesReligions, 2015
Boko Haram in Nigeria provides an important example of the combination of religion and violence in the conditions of the twenty-first century. It is both a movement in the pattern of religiously-justified violence and a significant representative of the ...
John O. Voll
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Interpreting mega-development projects as territorial traps: the case of irrigation schemes on the shores of Lake Chad (Borno State, Nigeria) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
From the colonial era up to the present, mega-irrigation projects for agriculture have played a key role in the production of state space in Sahelian Africa.
Bertoncin, Marina, Pase, Andrea
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Not Seeing the Cattle for the Elephants: The Implications of Discursive Linkages between Boko Haram and Wildlife Poaching in Waza National Park, Cameroon

open access: yesConservation & Society, 2018
The decline of wildlife in Central and West African border parks has been directly linked to Islamic terrorism in the region in media and government discourse.
Alice Kelly Pennaz   +3 more
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Analyzing Nigerian Army - Boko Haram’s Conflict through the Prisms of Marx’s Theory of Economic Determinism

open access: yesDruštvene i Humanističke Studije, 2021
This work analyzes the protracted conflict between the Nigerian authority and Boko Haram from the perspectives of Karl Marx’s theory of economic determinism.
Moses Joseph Yakubu   +1 more
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