accept differences and work together, but in extreme cases where the tensions are high things may get out of control. A current group who is on track for genocide, Boko Haram, looks to put a “ban on all things Western” ("The Deadly Mission Of Boko Haram."). This is a terror group that will stop at nothing to get what it covets. Boko Haram operates in Nigeria, which is the most populated country in Africa. According to the article, “The Psychological Make-up of Mohammed Yusuf”, the group started in
Events Since 2002, the Northeast portion of the country has seen a rise in sectarian violence from Boko Haram, an Islamic organization whose goal is to remove the current government and establish Sharia Law. During the last three years, this group has focused on murder, human trafficking, and kidnapping both girls for ransom and young males to train and fight. On 7 July 2014, 63 woman kidnapped by Boko Haram escaped their captors and approximately 200 schoolgirls are still being held. This situation has
government. The colonization of Nigeria had a huge effect in all of these conflicts, it was not the main and only cause for the fighting. The weak rule of the British led to ethnicity and religion being utilized as markers of identity. That became a problem to Christian groups in the north of Nigeria identified themselves against the Muslim Hausa-Fulani majority. The casualties and suffering that have been caused by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram over the past five years are mind-boggling. According
vocal in 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
THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON BOKO-HARAM INSURGENCY IN NIGERIA AUGUST, 2015 CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Terrorism is globally becoming a household word as there is no nation that is completely absolved from its effect. Globalization has significantly influenced the spate of terrorism as the event in one part of the globe has direct or an indirect effect on others. This explains why Horne (2002) in Rourke (2008) observes that war, terrorism and other forms of transnational political
order to limit the radical long-term effect they could have on the world, the nations of the Coalition against them must devote all available resources to destroying the organization rather than many devoting some resources to containing them. Although the Islamic State’s main area of operation is in Iraq and Syria, they have affiliates in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of Africa. Much of this support comes from members of the Taliban defecting, and Boko Haram committing itself to support the Islamic
mushroomed all over social networks to free Jacqueline Sauvage from prison and has pardoned her. SNS helps women to voice their problems that become embraced trans-locally, thus assisting in cross-border activism. #BringBackOurGirls was a powerful movement which transcended countries, religions, and ideologies, demanding safe homecoming of Nigerian school girls kidnapped by the armed group Boko Haram. The hashtag was shared by millions of people and many celebrities, including Michelle Obama jumped
the issues that surround it. Coined in a 1973 hostage case in Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm syndrome presented a radical shift in the public’s understanding of how individuals cope with trauma. During the hostage situation, the captors held men and women for four days, stripping all forms of their independence by strapping bombs to their chests. Gaining control of the victims lives caused those hostages to feel a sense of immediate danger at all times; the basis for the development of Stockholm syndrome
Muhammad ideologies. Mohamad captured, enslaved and sold women and children into sexual slavery. His engagements developed an imitating and admirable act very much considered by the ISIS organization. ISIS enforced a recent example that demonstrated this issue of sex slavery. ISIS was responsible for capturing thousands of unmarried Yazidi females. They expended these women by enslaving them and selling them for sexual use. “Hundreds of Yezidi women and girls have had their lives shattered by the horrors
in conjunction with the constituent elements of the offense, as defined by relevant domestic legislation (United Nations). Trafficking of persons is a serious crime and a grave violation of human rights. Every year, thousands of not only women, but also children, as young as two and three years of age, and men fall into the hands of traffickers, in their own countries and abroad. One of the scariest aspects of human trafficking is how vast it has become; almost every country in the world is affected