Boko Haram and Identity Reconstruction in Lake Chad Basin Region

Uwakwe, Blessing Onyinyechi; Miapyen, Buhari Shehu

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-75280-8_7

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“…In the same vein, the Boko Haram insurgency has negatively impacted the process of social interaction among various groups in the region who hitherto were united irrespective of their cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds, creating a precondition for mistrust and division among such communities. To this end, it is important for relevant actors involved in countering and combating the Boko Haram insurgency to take cognizance of the ideational and identity construct of the inhabitants of the northeast region (NE) of Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin region (LCB), given the fact that their cultural homogeneity has been exploited, instrumentalized, and weaponized through negative and divisive doctrinal narratives by these rogue elites to further exacerbate and promote extremism and terrorism (Weeraratne, 2017;Uwakwe & Miapyen, 2018;Iyekekpolo, 2020).…”

Section: Boko Haram and The Societal Security Sectormentioning

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The Impact of the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria: A Multi Sectoral Analy

Kangdim¹,

YORGANCIOĞLU²,

Bulus³

et al. 2022

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Using the Regional Security Complex Theory (RSCT) and qualitative methodological approach, this article examines the impact of the Boko Haram insurgency on the various sectors and arenas of security as proposed by proponents of the Copenhagen School of Security Studies. Findings of the article suggest that the presence and activities of this terror group have impacted the various arenas of security and have also created dire sub-regional and regional implications in spite of the various counter-measures designed by sub-regional and regional actors to counter the threat posed by the terror group. Therefore, to address this challenge, the article offers practical recommendations to critical and relevant actors involved in countering the presence of this group at the various political, military, societal, economic, environmental, sub-regional, and regional levels.

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The Impact of the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria: A Multi Sectoral Analy

Kangdim¹,

YORGANCIOĞLU²,

Bulus³

et al. 2022

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“…Like Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger have limited government control, porous borders, and weak state institutions in their remote border regions making these places highly impoverished and susceptible to organized crime and illicit cross-border economic activities, including arms and drug trafficking (Uwakwe & Miapyen, 2018). These countries are also plagued by high levels of elite corruption, poor governance, and mismanagement of state resources (Mahmood & Ani, 2018).…”

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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

Adela

2021

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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 Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno in 2002, but its violence extends into neighboring Cameroon, Chad, and Niger in the Lake Chad Basin. This article provides an overview of the factors that led to the emergence of Boko Haram, its resort to violence, and rapid expansion in the Lake Chad Basin. The article argues that the Boko Haram insurgency is the result of the combination of overlapping and self-complementing factors. The similarity of these factors across Nigeria’s neighboring countries in the Lake Chad Basin has led to the rapid escalation of Boko Haram’s conflict.

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The Specificity of Female Terrorism

Gasztold

2020

Feminist Perspectives on Terrorism

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Boko Haram and Identity Reconstruction in Lake Chad Basin Region

Cited by 3 publications

References 17 publications

The Impact of the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria: A Multi Sectoral Analy

The Impact of the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria: A Multi Sectoral Analy

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

The Specificity of Female Terrorism

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