Boko Harams Terrorist Campaign in Nigeria

This book investigates the devastating impacts of the Boko Haram terrorist campaign in Nigeria, reflecting on the group's historical context, organizational dynamics, and emerging trajectories.

Autorentext

Temitope B. Oriola is joint Editor- in- Chief of the African Security journal, and Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada.

Freedom C. Onuoha is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria.

Samuel Oyewole is a PhD candidate at the Department of Political Studies and International Relations, North- West University, South Africa, and a Lecturer at the Department of Political Science, Federal University Oye- Ekiti, Nigeria.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin: Dimensions, Activities and Trajectories

Temitope B. Oriola, Freedom C. Onuoha and Samuel Oyewole

Part I: Boko Haram and Gender

Chapter 2 Deconstructing the Notion of Women as "Perpetrators" of Jihadi Terrorism: The Case of Boko Haram

Damilohun D. Ayoyo, Anthony Mpiani, Temitope B. Oriola

Chapter 3 Boko Haram's Abduction of Dapchi Schoolgirls and State Responses

Samuel Oyewole and Freedom C. Onuoha

Part II: Boko Haram and the Media

Chapter 4 When reporters become victims: The Nigerian media and the Boko Haram conflict

Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi

Chapter 5 Boko Haram, Counter-Insurgency and Media-Oriented Terrorism

Mitterand M. Okorie

Part III: Boko Haram and Displacement

Chapter 6 The Responsibility to Defend? Boko Haram Terrorism and Responses to Terror-Induced Displacement in Northeast Nigeria

Obasesam Okoi

Chapter 7 Resilience and Livelihood Strategies among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Northeast Nigeria

Usman A. Tar and Samuel Baba Ayegba

Part IV: Boko Haram and Non-State Actors
Chapter 8 The Role of NGOs in the Boko Haram Conflict: Have NGO Activities in Northeast Nigeria Prolonged the Conflict?

Ibikunle Adeakin, Simon Gray and Oge Madu

Chapter 9 Vigilantism: The Political Economy of the Civilian Joint Task Force and its Consequences on Counter-terrorism Operations in Northeast Nigeria

Emeka Thaddues Njoku and Joshua Akintayo

Part V: Boko Haram and Human Rights

Chapter 10 Human rights violations in the fight against Boko Haram

Anthony Mpiani

Chapter 11 Human Rights, Counterterrorist Operations and the Politics of Leahy Laws Implementation in Nigeria: Between Facts and Fiction

Omotuyi Sunday and Iwebunor Okwechime

Part VI: Boko Haram and International Actors
Chapter 12 Mapping International Support for the fight against Boko Haram

Usman A. Tar and Bashir Bala