2 Economic Impacts of Boko Haram Insurgency Boko Haram has taken advantage of high unemployment and poverty rates in Northern Nigeria to use as a mobilizing instrument so as to find support and recruits for terrorist violence. The majority of the unemployed and poor have been frustrated as a result of government incapacity to meet their basic needs (Olojo, 2012:6).As a result of this, they have adhered to Boko Haram where they have indulged in aggressive measures such as killing of innocent citizens
is at stake every second. The Federal Republic of Nigeria is one of Africa’s more prosperous countries but it faces problems with terror every day. Extremists have been a growing threat in West Africa due to the fact that they are known to be the highest contributor to humanitarian crises. The extremist group Boko Haram, who also refer to themselves as the West African Province, have been involved in the massacres of many innocent lives in Nigeria since 2002. They aim to create a nation state of Islam
Up to today, terrorism continues to pose a major threat to international peace and security. It takes away so many lives, destroys government stability, has significant indirect impacts on economy and society, and expends so much money and human. One of the most well-known terrorist attacks would be the 9/11 attacks on World Trade Centre in 2001, assembled by Al-Qaeda. During the past decade, the level of global terrorist activities has escalated significantly. Since 2000, there has been over fivefold
Nigeria, also called the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West-Africa consisting of 36 states, including the capital Abuja. The country is bordering Niger in the north, Benin in the west and Cameroon and Chad in the east. Nigeria has an estimated population of 180 million inhabitants, making it the most populous country in Africa. The West-African country is also the wealthiest country in Africa, due to large revenues from the oil industry. Unfortunately, the industry does not only have
extremist who vowed to wipe out every Christian school in Nigeria and to bring out terrorist attacks on Nigerian government police and government officials. It started when in 2002, Muhammed Yusuf was founded Islamic Secretariat Movement in northeastern Nigeria in order to opposed Western influence especially Western education. Since 2009, the Islamic Secretariat Movement has carried out assassinations and large-scale acts of violence in Nigeria. The very beginning of its formation, the group has the
Human rights violations and violent conflicts in the Niger Delta of Nigeria have elicited interests from scholars and international agencies. Although these studies provide significant insights into the conflicts in the Niger Delta, the issue of transitional justice has not been adequately addressed. Consequently, this article examines transitional justice mechanisms in the Niger Delta, gaps and prospects. The article begins with the conceptualization of human rights violation and transitional justice
The Chairman of Bharti Airtel, Sunil Bharti Mittal, in his recent interview said that “Africa is an article of faith. I believe in this continent”. Recently, newspapers such as The Economist or the BBC have flooded their magazine with titles on Africa everywhere, calling it “the hopeful continent” or the “future breadbasket of the world”. But is Africa really rising, or are we being too optimistic? Economically, demographically, geographically, technologically, and socially, Africa has truly been
Introduction “Every day is a bank account, and time is our currency. No one is rich, no one is poor, people have got 24 hours each.” (Christopher Rice, n.d.). Spending money is already a daily routine; one spends cash to buy necessary things such as food and clothing. Day by day, people will need more and more things and there will be no time that they will be satisfied with those needs, as well as to personal wants and desires. As it goes with our endless human needs, account balances change every
deputy who aided planning and execution worsened the situation. Further, the group’s affiliate bodies such as Taliban and Combat are not obsessed with extremism and are no longer interested in declaring war against the west. The expansion of anti-terrorism campaigns following the 9/11 attacks made planning and execution of a similar attack hard for the group. The use of drone strikes by the US on the organization’s top leadership has significantly neutralized Al-Qaeda (Gartenstein- Ross,
Human rights violations and violent conflicts in the Niger Delta of Nigeria have elicited interests from scholars and international agencies. Although these studies provide significant insights into the conflicts in the Niger Delta, the issue of transitional justice has not been adequately considered. Consequently, this article examines human rights violations and transitional justice mechanisms in the Niger Delta. The article begins with the conceptualization of human rights violation and transitional