Why Did Boko Haram Come To Cameroon

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.

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.

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

On Tuesday, January 17, a Nigerian bombing jet accidentally bombed a refugee camp in Rann. It was an attempted attack against the Nigerian islamist group Boko Haram. The bombing error resulted in over 50 deaths and more than 200 reported injuries. The people that were harmed by the bombing were mostly refugees or aid workers. Some of these workers were affiliated with the Red Cross and MSF, which is an international medical aid organization. The Red Cross was at the camp on the day of the bombing to deliver food to the refugees. Starvation has been a big threat in Nigeria with about 100,000 people at risk. Boko Haram has attempted to overthrow Nigeria's government and replace it with an Islamic state by the means of bombings, assassinations, and abductions. They are responsible for over 20,000 deaths and they have forced 2.6 million people to flee their homes.

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 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

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

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

actions. The name Boko Haram was given to the group in 2002 when the leader was elected. The

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 State. As a whole, 1,000 terrorists from various locations across the globe join each month. The group has convinced several teenagers to leave their homes and join; if they become disillusioned and attempt to leave, the group kills them. The more territory

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?

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.

And Boko Haram has made those girls as violence, and they also forced those girls to participate on their ambushes. If we see that case, I wanted to relate it to human rights violence, especially in children’s rights. Because those schoolgirls have not been protected by Nigeria government. And if we take a look article 2 on the convention, the Rights of the Child, that State Parties should respect and ascertain the rights set forth in the present Convention to each child within their jurisdiction without discrimination of any kind. And we can conclude that State Parties, or we can say Nigeria Government should protect Nigeria Children’s Rights. Therefore, this research essay would like to show some evidences that United Nations with the government of Nigeria should implement the Children's right to avoid that case occur again in the