Peace at Daggers Drawn? Boko Haram and the State of Emergency in Nigeria

被引:23
作者
Agbiboa, Daniel E. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oxford, Oxford Dept Int Dev, Oxford, England
关键词
TERRORISM; CONFLICT;
D O I
10.1080/1057610X.2014.853602
中图分类号
D81 [国际关系];
学科分类号
030207 ;
摘要
More than 3,500 people have died in Nigeria since 2009 when Boko Haram, a radical Islamist group from northeastern Nigeria, launched its violent campaign to wrest power from the Nigerian government and foist an Islamic state under the supreme law of Sharia. Attempts at negotiating with the group, including the recent amnesty offer extended to its members by the Nigerian government, have stalled due to distrust on both sides and the factionalized leadership of the group's different cells. This article provides a systematic account of Boko Haram's emergence, demands, and modus operandi. It also evaluates how the Nigerian government has responded to the group's threat and how they should respond. The socioeconomic approach of this article helps to explain the Boko Haram problem beyond a usual religious agenda and to evaluate the development of the group in the context of Nigeria's checkered political history and local economic grievances.
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