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To Defeat Boko Haram, Nigeria Must Get Women on Board

Miércoles, 14/Dic/2016 Ayo Obe Crisis Group MundoÁfricaInternacionalTerrorismo InternacionalLucha antiterrorista, Nigeria, Terrorismo yihadista

The midnight kidnapping of 250 schoolgirls by the Islamist group Boko Haram from their dormitory at the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok on April 14 2014 sparked headlines worldwide. Nearly two years on, 196 are still being held captive.

There was nothing isolated about the incident, which embodies the horror of the insurgency plaguing Nigeria and its neighbours. Scores of women and girls, initially Christians but later on Muslims, have been abducted as part of the sect’s strategy to extend its grip over the country’s northeast state. By awarding “wives”, willing or forced, to fighters, its leaders seek to attract male recruits and encourage combatants.… Seguir leyendo »

Boko Haram and the defeat that never was

Lunes, 04/Ene/2016 Ryan Cummings CNN MundoÁfricaInternacionalTerrorismo InternacionalLucha antiterrorista, Nigeria, Terrorismo yihadista

"And I assure you that we will defeat Boko Haram by the end of this year." This was the pledge made by Nigerian President Muhammdu Buhari to his Beninese counterpart, Boni Yayi, during a gala dinner commemorating Benin's independence during the summer of 2015.

It was a promise that the Nigerian head of state would also reiterate to fellow Nigerians, who eagerly waited for him to make good on his promise and act with the decisiveness that Buhari had accused his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, of lacking. Yet as 2015 drew to a close, the specter of Boko Haram loomed as large as ever over Africa's most populous state.… Seguir leyendo »

Combating a common terrorist threat

Miércoles, 04/Ene/2012 Owoye Andrew Azazi The Washington Times MundoÁfricaInternacionalTerrorismo InternacionalLucha antiterrorista, Nigeria, Terrorismo yihadista

Terrorists from Nigeria have again turned the joyful celebrations of Christmas into a D-Day for premeditated mass murder. This year, extremists slaughtered worshippers in a church during Christmas services near the Nigerian capital and elsewhere in the country.

America is at risk for this type of violence. Two Christmases ago, a militant from my country - the infamous Underwear Bomber - tried to blow up an American jetliner over Detroit.

Nigeria welcomes the White House's rapid Christmas Day declaration of support against the perpetrators of that day's attacks, but we must stress that the threat emerging in our country is far larger and may be headed America's way.… Seguir leyendo »