Boko Haram means Western learning is forbidden (Schultz). Boko Haram is an Islamic militant group that originated in Nigeria and spread through northern Cameroon and south-western Chad. It started out with a group of young Islamic radicals. Boko Haram is a terrorist organization that is much like ISIS. The question is, why has Boko Haram come to Cameroon? Boko Haram has come to Cameroon because they want to establish an Islamic state in that area, because they are running out of supplies, and because Cameroon is an easier target to attack than surrounding countries.
One of the reasons that Boko Haram has come to Cameroon is because they want to establish an Islamic state in that area. Establishing an Islamic state in that area is a solution for problems that the founders of Boko Haram saw. “Bad governance, corruption, persistent economic hardship, and rising inequality have fostered the growth of radical extremist groups” (Schultz). The founders of Boko Haram saw these problems and their solution was to try to create an Islamic state. The Islamic state that they wanted to create stretched across eastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, and south-western Chad (“Cameroon”). The founders of Boko Haram saw a problem and tried to fix it, but they did it in a very bad way, and this bad way caused them to be in Cameroon.
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Many problems caused Boko Haram to form, and creating an Islamic state was their solution to those problems (Schultz). Supplies are running low in Boko Haram so they have come to Cameroon to steal more food, guns, explosives, and munitions (Chimtom). Cameroon also has a smaller, less effective military, so Boko Haram has been very hard to fight in Cameroon. Boko Haram will be a problem in Cameroon until the military can force them out of
The Boko Haram sect in Nigeria has been a huge problem for the country in the past, and the threat is only growing. This group is considered responsible for a handful of government attacks, targets on the United Nations, and often churches who undermine the Islamic religion. Their actions have spawned from the idea that their country is controlled by “fake Muslims”, and aim to create an Islamic nation ruled with Sharia law.
In the time of The Essex and In the Heart of the Sea, Nantucket had a population of about 7,000, most of the population living along a road on a rising hill marked with windmills and church steeples. At the waterfront, four large docks extended more than 100 yards into the sea from the harbor. Tied up to these docks were typically 15 to 20 whale ships, along with dozens of other small fishing boats and ships that carried trade goods to and from the island.The first whaling boats were only 20 feet long, launched from beaches along the island’s south shore. Usually a boat would comprise of five Wampanoag (Nantucket Natives) and a white man steering the boat. These boats were only used for whaling around the island, as the had to be rowed back
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 because there is so little known information about them. Information in general is hard to come by from Nigeria. Police officers and city officials so corrupt that they give the citizens little to no information as to what is going on (Walker, 2012, p. 7). They are too motivated by their own selfish goals. The Boko Haram group itself has given no really helpful information as it has denied bombings and other terroristic activities.
Three distinct ancient civilizations that have helped shape the world, are the Mesopotamians, Hebrews, and Egyptians. Their contributions of invention, religion, and architecture still exist in the modern world and continue to display the importance of these civilizations. While these contributions are important in determining some aspects of the Mesopotamian, Hebrew and Egyptian culture another important insight into their civilization has been through their literature. One of these pieces of literature, is the Mesopotamian’s Emuna Elish this text is the civilizations creation story for the world and man. Another is the Hebrew’s Book of Genesis/Exodus in the Old Testament of the Bible, this text is the Hebrew’s creation story and history of their people.
In Kathy Gilsinan’s With World Focused on Boko Haram, al-Shabaab Steps Up Offensive (http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/trend-lines/13841/with-world-focused-on-boko-haram-al-shabaab-steps-up-offensive), the topic of al-Shabaab’s legitimacy and terror is discussed. As Boko Haram (another terrorist organization in Africa) has begin inflicting fear through the abduction of schoolgirls and other acts of terror, al-Shabaab has began to take up arms. Its acts of violence are beginning to spread outside the borders of Somalia.
Boko Haram have been known to switch their attack tactics due to Nigerian security forces catching up on them. To begin with, from 2009 to 2014 most attacks carried out by Boko Haram were by armed assaults, which resulted in 63% of the deaths that year (Pricopi,2016). Not only did Boko Haram conduct attacks using armed assaults but they also used bombs as well. In fact, bombing tactics in 2013 were used in 35 incidents; however, that number increased by three times in 2014, making it used in 107 incidents(Pricopi,2016). Also, in that same year the number of civilians attacked in public places also increased as well. Suicide attacks, were also another tactic used by Boko Haram and in 2014, they accounted for atleast 31 of those attacks
Both of these events that occurred in human history caused seriously traumatic impact to the citizens, who were surrounded by all the destruction, devastation, and mayhem that resulted from it. In similar cases like these, violence is clearly not the answer. The reason being because so many innocent people get hurt and they are mostly the people who would never cause any harm in the first place. In the situation of Boko Haram and his beliefs, he wanted a nation that was entirely Islam and any country or person who was against it was his enemy, which resulted in most of the Nigerian population being eliminated from existence. In relation is the Holocaust, which had Germans disliking Jews because they were seen as “inferior” towards the Germans
Boko Haram has yet to stray from its notoriety as a harsh terrorist threat to both the people of Nigeria and the government itself. In 2014, nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls were stolen from their families in the town of Chibok and taken into captivity by Boko Haram. This event has yet to be rectified now two years later, nor have the families received any news or closure from the Nigerian government. Both citizens of Chibok and activists around the world have developed voices in regard to this ongoing investigation. Videos of the girls have recently surfaced which lead one to believe that the girls are still alive; these videos, however, are most likely either old or altered. Boko Haram has yet to
Boko Haram is not able to sustain its success by just its ideological interpretation. Therefore, the organization needs some source of money which comes from external sources. According to the International Business Times (2014), Boko Haram has received millions through ransoms from kidnapping. In addition, the group receives donations from external sympathizers from all around the globe (Caulderwood, para. 8). Boko Haram also has ties to Al-Qaeda as both organizations are known to have exchanged weapons, cash, and some soldiers (para. 9). According to the South African Journal of Military Studies (2012), Boko Haram also gains revenue through an extensive drug trafficking empire. Additionally main is gained by tapping into oil pipelines and
that is set on eradicating Western Culture at the cost of Nigeria's development. Boko Haram was started
How can somebody who sucks her mother’s breast will ask why do you need Biafra? Everybody knows this very historical fact that Nigeria preside on the memory of over four million Biafrans who died on genocide under the banner of Biafra and they are doing nothing about it after 45 years. We all are aware that Nigeria unleashes harsh economic measures that have caused so much unsustainable daily living and self-reliance in Biafra land that today over 15 million Biafrans are in diaspora. We do understand the systematic killing of Biafran youths in the Nigerian Army and prisons. The rampant killing of Biafrans by Almajiri in the North in the name of religious differences means absolute rejection. What if Boko Haram is killing our people on a daily basis?
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death, outranking cancer in the United States, according to the data from CDC National Center for Health Statistics. The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) periodically publishes guidelines on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Adults. However, the 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline has still not gained multinational acceptance among providers (Stone, 2014). Pharmaceutical treatment versus lifestyle modification has been a controversy among the scientific community (Sinatra, 2014). Provider adherence to the 2013 ACC/AHA Cholesterol Guideline in order to achieve universal standard of care remains a challenge. The recent guideline represents a major shift from prior cholesterol management, as it`s primary focus is on the role of cholesterol treatment in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk reduction versus a comprehensive approach to lipid management (Finkel, 2015).
Thompson (2013) viewed that people join Boko Haram out of boredom and the desire for an action packed adventure. They join in pursuit of an adventure viewed as a “just cause” but others may be motivated mainly by a desire to use their special skills e.g. bomb-making skills (Thompson 2013). Thompson explained that judging from evidences collected by the State Security Service, those who join Boko Haram are similar. For example, Habibu Bama is a dismissed soldier from Borno State and Kabiru Abubaka Dikko AKA Kabiru Sokoto also a dismissed soldier. According to Thompson (2012), violent encounters with security forces also, often serve as motivating factor for an already socially estranged person to join a terrorist group like Boko Haram (Thompson 2012), he threw more light on this point by saying Human Rights Watch researcher Eric Guttschuss analyzed Yusuf successfully attracted followers from unemployed youth "by speaking out against police and political corruption." (Thompson 2012, )
The mix of Cameroon’s oppressive history and President Biya’s consolidation of power doesn’t automatically equal a civil war or insurgency by the Anglophones. However, recent actions by the governing party has thrown gas on the already raging wild fire. In early December of 2017, the Cameroonian government declared war on the secessionist rebels formed by the English-speaking regions. In one instance, Anglophone militants of the Ambazonia Defense Forces shot and killed four Cameroon soldiers and two policemen, deepening the divide and causing the government to crack down even more on the rebels. After these events and the governments recent promise, fears are now mounting as a result and realization of a far more serious conflict which
Genocide is not just a thing from the past. Genocide is currently happening around the world. Nigeria is under a genocide emergency, meaning that genocide is taking place right now. A terrorist group called Boko Haram is responsible. Boko Haram is literally translated as “Western Education is a Sin.” It is an Islamist extremist group led by Abubakar Shekau (“Genocide Emergency: Nigeria: Boko Haram, Borno State.”). Boko Haram has been targeting Christian schools all over Nigeria in an attempt to drive out western culture from the region. They have been killing thousands without mercy and have resisted negotiation and seem immune to reason or logic. The cause for genocide in Nigeria by the group Boko Haram is driven by their hatred for western culture and religion and can only be stopped by the destruction or dispersion of the organization.