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A Boko Haram defeat is necessary for Nigeria to fulfil its potential [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
J Boima Rogers looks at the root causes of the Boko Haram phenomenon in Nigeria and what future leaders will have to do to rid Nigeria of Boko Haram and ensure that no copycat groups appear in the ...
Rogers, Boima J
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The Cost of Boko Haram Activities in Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Since its terror campaign began, Boko Haram’s targets had been security formations and churches in several parts of the North. Now, they have also turned their radar on other institutions, the media and universities.
Eme, Okechukwu Innocent, Ibietan, Jide
core   +1 more source

Assembling a Force to Defeat Boko Haram: How Nigeria Integrated the Market into its Counterinsurgency Strategy

open access: yes, 2021
In the context of an increased use of commercial soldiers in high-end conflict, this article investigates how the Nigerian government's reliance on the global market for force has helped its efforts to counter Boko Haram.
C. Kinsey, Andreas Krieg
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Boko Haram: The Development of a Militant Religious Movement in Nigeria Boko Haram: Die Entwicklung einer militanten religiösen Bewegung in Nigeria

open access: yesAfrica Spectrum, 2012
Since 2009, the radical Muslim movement in northern Nigeria known as Boko Haram has become widely known in Western media for both its militant actions and its ultra-fundamentalist programme. This analysis examines Boko Haram from a historical perspective,
Roman Loimeier
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Strategic communications, Boko Haram and counter-insurgency [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Strategic communications is gaining traction as a potent tool of countering insurgency. State and non-state actors—including insurgent groups—are increasingly turning to it in pursuit of their goals.
Tasiu Abubakar, A.
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Picking up the pieces: social capital and entrepreneurship for livelihood recovery among displaced populations in Northeast Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version.In the past few decades, there has been a significant increase in the rate of forced displacement, often precipitated by persecution, civil wars, terrorism, transborder ...
James, Saliba   +3 more
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Gender Issues and Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This research highlights the activities of Boko Haram insurgents and the security implications. It majorly explores the gender issues in the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency, especially the abduction of women girls and turning them into army wives.
Alaiyemola, Anne Omotayo, Mbagwu, Joan
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Radicalist discourse: a study of the stances of Nigeria's Boko Haram and Somalia's Al Shabaab on Twitter [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This study examines the features of stance in tweets downloaded from the English Twitter accounts of Boko Haram and Al Shabaab, referred to as ‘radicalist discourse’.
Chiluwa, Innocent
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West African English in Digital Discourse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper applies sociolinguistic and discourse-analytical approaches to examine the features of West African English (WAE) in digital discourse. Data comprises 23,374 posts and responses from some popular social and political online forums hosted by ...
Chiluwa, Innocent
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The Boko Haram Uprising and Islamic Revivalism in Nigeria Die Boko-Haram-Unruhen und die Wiederbelebung des Islam in Nigeria

open access: yesAfrica Spectrum, 2010
From the 1980 Maitatsine uprising to the 2009 Boko Haram uprising, Nigeria was bedevilled by ethno-religious conflicts with devastating human and material losses.
Abimbola Adesoji
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