accusing the Nigerian government of kidnapping and abducting the wives and children of Boko Haram’s members. This angered Shekau, as he saw the feud to be between Boko Haram and Nigeria to be strictly between themselves. He viewed the abduction of their wives and children as an even more personal attack on his groups and swore to get revenge for “the rape and deaths of our families.” Even though Boko Haram threatened to kidnap many of the Nigerian government’s families, they did not make good
Different sources have different causes of what they say was the motivation for Boko Haram’s attacks. Some sources say it was the killing of their leader in 2009 and some even say that the it was due to global warming within that country, but whatever it is, it is a big problem not only for the Islamic states but all of the other countries of the world. Their different attacks seem to show what the source of this motivation was. The group is very hard to understand in terms of their overall motivation
Islamic State West Africa Province, Group of the People of Sunnah for Preaching and Jihad, Boko Haram; known by many names, the terror organization that has plagued Northern Nigeria since the mid-2000s remains a threat to stability in Western Africa. Boko Haram was classified by the Global Terrorism Index as the deadliest terror organization of 2015; inflicting 6644 deaths, 77% civilians, this terror group is in fact on the decline due to infighting, coalition military strikes and a seeming lack
The families of the Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram are now struggling for survival and suffering from illnesses linked to the trauma of what happened two years ago. On Apr. 14, 2014, Islamist militant group Boko Haram abducted 275 girls --- most of them Christians --- from their school in Chibok, Nigeria. While almost 50 girls were able to escape, 228 are still believed to be in the hands of the kidnappers, Christian Today reports. Persecution charity Open Doors says the families of the missing
Stephanie Diaz PLSC 228 3/25/16 Prof. Bappa Nigeria’s Humanitarian Crisis Despite being one of the richest countries in Africa due to their geological advantage of supplying excessive gas and oil, Nigeria faces severe human rights challenges. This is primarily due to the inefficient and unjust response to the mass violence prevalent in that country. In this paper, I will examine two aspects of this issue. First, I will examine the nature of the post-colonial state and its impact on the legal rights
The group, Boko Haram, was created 14 years ago by Mohammed Yusuf (1970-2009) to create and pure Islamic state in Nigeria. With the development in technology over the last ten years the internet has become a freeway of information. This has created the perfect opportunity for terrorist groups to blossom and spread their messages to lands far away from their previous reach. Mohammed Yusuf Ideals were focused on making Nigeria a “pure Islamic State”. In 2009 police found and killed him which with media
Theorists have on the recent suicide bombing in Nigeria by terrorist cell Boko Haram would be that the intention of Boko Haram would not be that of pure rage and hatred but that of a strategic value. Nicholas Lemann highlights the views and some of the assumptions of this theory in his article What Terrorists Want. One of the main assumptions of strategic theory that this event does touch upon would be the assumption that Boko Haram has a political goal and their goal is to help create an Islamic state
There are a lot of problems in Africa today but one of the more serious ones is Child labor and trafficking. African child traffickers put the future of Africa at risk by taking them out of school to work on cocoa farms (DocumFeed). Children from the ages of 11-16 are the main targets because that is when these kids start to feel the need to help their parents make a living and they are easier for the child traffickers to lure over the Ivory Coast. Most kids who get forced into child labor in africa
Child Labor and Trafficking in Africa There are a lot of problems in Africa today, but one of the more serious ones is child labor and trafficking. African child traffickers put the future of the continent at risk by taking them out of school to work on cocoa farms (DocumFeed). Children from the ages of 11-16 are the main targets, because that is when these kids start to feel the need to help their parents make a living. That makes them easy prey for the child traffickers who want to take over
Multiplicity of Influences on Radical Group Boko Haram: A Comprehensive Evaluation Megan Yung PO350 December 7, 2014 Abstract: Boko Haram is becoming an increasingly poignant issue on the world stage. There is much research looking to dissect the origins of the group, their motivation, and their goals, but there is no single accepted understanding. This paper looks to gather the different viewpoints to connect them and take a comparative look whether or not they can be compatible or contradictory