Boko Haram

Thurston, Alexander

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“…With the legislature, state bureaucracies, and party machinery in his hands, Governor Sheriff "won a smashing reelection" against his only opponent, PDP candidate Ibrahim-Imam, the same nominee from 2003. 181 Along with tightening his grip over key institutions, there was widespread speculation that the governor made a secret deal with President Obasanjo that the PDP would not mount a serious challenge in 2007 and would restrict resources to their gubernatorial candidate. 182 According to Alexander Thurston, "Despite Sheriff's continued membership in the ANPP, he cultivated ties with President Obasanjo in the lead-up to the election," helping to undermine local PDP candidates.…”

Section: Boko Harammentioning

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Elite Competition, Social Movements, and Election Violence in Nigeria

Turnbull

2021

International Security

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Election violence varies significantly within countries, yet how and why are undertheorized. Although existing scholarship has shown how national-level economic, institutional, and contextual factors increase a country's risk for violence during elections, these studies cannot explain why elites organize election violence in some localities but not others. An analysis of gubernatorial elections in Nigeria reveals the conditions under which elites recruit popular social-movement actors for pre-election violence. Gubernatorial elections are intensely competitive when agreements between governors and local ruling party elites over the distribution of state patronage break down. To oust their rivals and consolidate power, elites recruit popular reformist groups for pre-election violence and voter mobilization. Conversely, when local ruling-party elites are aligned over how state patronage is to be distributed, the election outcome is agreed to well in advance. In this scenario, there is little incentive to enlist social movement actors for violence. Case studies of the Ijaw Youth Council and Boko Haram provide empirical support for the argument. The theory and evidence help explain subnational variation in election violence as well as the relationship between intraparty politics and violence during elections, and speak to broader questions about political order and violence.

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Section: Boko Harammentioning

confidence: 99%

Elite Competition, Social Movements, and Election Violence in Nigeria

Turnbull

2021

International Security

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“…the Horn of Africa is one of the most conflict-affected parts of the world, long plagued by inter-and intra-state wars, terrorism, and extremism (Campbell, 2014;Kessels, Durner, & Schwartz, 2016;Thurston, 2016). Political unrest, conflict, and extremism have also beset Mali and the DRC.…”

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Long Voyage: African Migration through Latin America to the US

Amahazion¹

2021

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Throughout the history of humankind, people have migrated from one location to another. For many decades, one of the most heavily traveled migratory routes in the world has been the one from Latin America north toward the United States (US). Millions of people from Mexico, the Northern Triangle region of Central America, and other parts of Latin America have traveled north in search of economic opportunity, to reunify with family members, to seek refuge from violence, insecurity, and persecution, or for various other reasons. However, in recent times, particularly during the last decade, the demographic profile of migrants moving through Latin America toward the US has significantly changed and diversified. A growing number of migrants originating from countries in Africa have traveled to Latin America seeking to transit northward to the US. Despite the recent growing number of arrivals in Latin America, as well as the fact that Africans are among the fastest-growing groups of US immigrants, African migrants' transit through Latin America has received scant attention and remains poorly understood. What are the recent trends and factors helping to drive this phenomenon? Moreover, what are some of the experiences and general challenges faced by African migrants undertaking the journey? Guided by a comprehensive review of the literature and an examination of materials collected from an assortment of sources, public open access databases, and various secondary data sources, the present paper examines African migration through Latin America to the US. Significantly, the present paper contributes to the relatively small body of work focused on this topic, helping to increase awareness of the geopolitics of the phenomenon and providing a better understanding of the movement of African extracontinental migrants. In particular, it explores the diverse set of factors underlying African migration in the region, and offers insight into the array of challenges they face on their long journey through Latin America.Possible scenarios for the near future and a number of potential areas for further study are also discussed.

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“…Mais en fait d'enseignement islamique, Mohamed Yusuf a surtout suivi un parcours erratique qui l'a amené à rompre avec tous ses mentors 43 . Il n'a jamais suivi d'études à l'Université de Médine en Arabie Saoudite, a vite été exclu des rangs des Izala et s'est de plus en plus radicalisé à mesure qu'il était répudié par l'ensemble de l'establishment musulman au Nigeria 44 . À Maiduguri, son isolement l'a alors obligé à établir son propre centre religieux, appelé markaz 45 .…”

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Écoles coraniques, djihad et violence « terroriste » dans le nord du Nigeria

Montclos¹,

Noûs²

2020

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Boko Haram

Cited by 59 publications

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Elite Competition, Social Movements, and Election Violence in Nigeria

Elite Competition, Social Movements, and Election Violence in Nigeria

Long Voyage: African Migration through Latin America to the US

Écoles coraniques, djihad et violence « terroriste » dans le nord du Nigeria

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