Terrorism in Nigeria: national peculiarities and international linkages
In Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin (LCB), the main sources of terrorist threat include, firstly, splinter factions of Boko Haram Islamist group that broke up after the death of its leader Abubakar Shekau in 2021; secondly, a faction of Boko Haram that unlike Shekau in 2016 remained loyal to the Isla...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2024
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Terrorism and political contention
Año: 2024, Páginas: 287-300 |
| Verificar disponibilidad: | HBZ Gateway |
| Sumario: | In Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin (LCB), the main sources of terrorist threat include, firstly, splinter factions of Boko Haram Islamist group that broke up after the death of its leader Abubakar Shekau in 2021; secondly, a faction of Boko Haram that unlike Shekau in 2016 remained loyal to the Islamic State (IS) and is now known as the Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP); thirdly, the Ansaru group, another offshoot of Boko Haram, which in 2012 became independent and in 2022 reaffirmed its allegiance to al-Qaeda. The level of terrorist activity in West Africa increased markedly after Shekau swore allegiance to the Islamic State in 2015. While Boko Haram and Ansaru militants mainly terrorized civilians, ISWAP extremists mostly targeted military facilities and administrative offices. West African (primarily Nigerian) Islamists actively cooperate with other terrorist groups, primarily those operating in the Sahara-Sahel, such as the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (Support Group for Islam and Muslims), etc. The authors of the present chapter focus on the preconditions and prospects for the strengthening of the terrorist threat in Nigeria and in the LCB. |
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| Notas: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 298-300 |
| ISBN: | 9783031534287 |
