Boko Haram's Conquest for the Caliphate: How Al Qaeda Helped Islamic State Acquire Territory

Zenn, Jacob

doi:10.1080/1057610x.2018.1442141

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“…Operating from the region's porous borderlands, Boko Haram reportedly established relationships with other Islamist groups in Africa including Mali's Ansar Dine, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and its splinter group the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) (ICG 2010; Zenn 2013). These links have given Boko Haram access to weapons, including those made available from Libya's collapse.…”

Section: Case Studies: the Rtf And The Mnjtfmentioning

confidence: 99%

The AU Task Forces: an African response to transnational armed groups

Brubacher¹,

Damman

Day

2017

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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This article examines the Task Forces created by the African Union (AU) to address the security threats posed by Boko Haram and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). It argues that these Task Forces are well suited to address transnational armed groups whose ambiguous political goals and extreme violence make traditional conflict resolution ineffective. Although the Task Forces fall within the AU's collective security mandate and broadly within the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), their distinct characteristics make it more capable of addressing these new cross-border threats. Their reliance on nationally funded and directed militaries also allow the Task Forces to fulfil both the goals of the AU and the interests of the regimes that take leadership roles within these structures.

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Section: Case Studies: the Rtf And The Mnjtfmentioning

confidence: 99%

The AU Task Forces: an African response to transnational armed groups

Brubacher¹,

Damman

Day

2017

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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“…This could be seen through the negative teachings given by Mohammed Yusuf to his followers that Islam abhors 'Western civilization' and all its imprints (see Umar 2012, p. 144). Such messages increasingly created the false perception that Western civilization is anti-Islamic and most of the problems affecting the society are linked with the saturation of Western values in Nigerian society (Hansen 2017;Zenn 2018). These negative misrepresentations and the instrumentalization of religion encouraged individuals to join Boko Haram.…”

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Challenges of Countering Terrorist Recruitment in the Lake Chad Region: The Case of Boko Haram

2020

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This article attempts to shed light on the challenges confronting relevant actors (state and non-state) in countering the threat of terrorism recruitment by focusing on the Boko Haram terrorist organization, whose presence and activities threaten the security of the Lake Chad region. The article uses a qualitative research technique combining key informant interviews with stakeholders familiar with the conflict, academic and non-academic documents, reports, and policy briefs. The findings of the article suggest that despite the various initiatives by stakeholders aimed at containing the strategies of recruitment, the group continues to expand its base by launching coordinated attacks that further destabilize the region. These challenges stem from a lack of a clear-cut counterterrorism strategy, a dearth in technological and mutual trust between actors and locals in the management and utilization of intelligence, and the inability of state institutions to ‘coerce and convince’ citizens in terms of its capacity to counter the danger of terrorism recruitment and expansion. The article, amongst other things, recommends a community policing model similar to the ‘Nyumba-Kumi security initiative’ adopted by most countries in East Africa for the effective assessment and detection of threat forces; the state and its agencies should show the capacity to coerce and convince in dealing with the (ideological, religious, social, and economic) conditions, drivers, and factors promoting the spread of terrorism as well as other forms of violent extremism in the society; furthermore, there is a need for stakeholders to adopt a comprehensive and holistic counterterrorism/violent extremism strategy to reflect present-day security challenges as well as to guarantee sustainable peace.

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“…The group was non-violent between 2003 and 2009 and was based in the railway quarters in Maiduguri in Borno state, which subsequently became its operational headquarters [10,12]. Members and sympathizers of the group were first portrayed as either young Islamist activists, a largely peaceful Islamic dissident sect, a peaceful Islamic splinter group, or students from the city of Maiduguri who preached a cultural revolution, which implies that the group was primarily not violent [13]. The group gradually became violent, and Voll [14] argues that even though this trend of violence is seen by most Nigerians as being outside of acceptable Islamic traditions, it follows a long tradition of violence by militant jihad in West and Central Africa.…”

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Insecurity, Resource Scarcity, and Migration to Camps of Internally Displaced Persons in Northeast Nigeria

2020

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For almost two decades, the Lake Chad Basin (LCB) in general and northeast Nigeria in particular have been subject to the insurgency of the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram. This region is also known for its poor environmental conditions that mostly manifest in land desertification and water scarcity. We analyze the impact of the insecurity and conflict on migration from the most affected rural areas of northeast Nigeria to Maiduguri. We also explore the role that water scarcity and land desertification play in the decision of local people to migrate. Data were collected by interviewing 204 internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the Bakassi IDP camp in Maiduguri between March and May 2019. Experts were also interviewed at various governmental, non-governmental, and international institutions in Abuja. Respondents at the Bakassi IDP camp came from Guzamala, Gwoza, Marte, Monguno, and Nganzai. Though insecurity created by the conflict between Boko Haram insurgents and government forces was mentioned by all respondents as the main factor that triggered migration, this study shows that the decision to migrate was also a function of other factors that differ between communities. These factors include the geographical location of the community, land ownership, the socioeconomic status of the migrants, access to water and land, and wealth. This study reveals that in some communities, it was possible for people to live with conflict if they were still able to practice farming or if they had additional sources of income such as small businesses. The decision to migrate was only taken when the practice of such activities was no longer possible and they had nothing to hold on to.

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Boko Haram's Conquest for the Caliphate: How Al Qaeda Helped Islamic State Acquire Territory

Cited by 29 publications

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The AU Task Forces: an African response to transnational armed groups

The AU Task Forces: an African response to transnational armed groups

Challenges of Countering Terrorist Recruitment in the Lake Chad Region: The Case of Boko Haram

Insecurity, Resource Scarcity, and Migration to Camps of Internally Displaced Persons in Northeast Nigeria

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