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This book investigates the devastating impacts of the Boko Haram
terrorist campaign in Nigeria, reflecting on the group's historical
context, organizational dynamics, and emerging trajectories. Since
its inception in 2002, Boko Haram's terrorist campaign has become
one of the major threats to security and human development in West
Africa, killing tens of thousands of people, and displacing many
more. This book reflects on the origins and development of Boko
Haram, contextualizing it in the global trend of militant Islamist
movements. It delves into the tactics of the organization, their
deployment of sexual and gender- based violence against women and
human rights abuses in the war against them. The war against Boko
Haram has seen engagement from the international community,
national and regional military operations, and also a range of
civilian- led movements. This book reflects on the roles of these
different actors, and the emerging trajectories that need to be
considered in order to eradicate Boko Haram. Drawing on a range of
disciplinary perspectives, this book will be of interest to
researchers across the fi elds of sociology, political science,
African studies, and peace and conflict studies.
Nigeria is the most dynamic country on the African continent. Yet
the legacy of colonialism, deep-rooted corruption, exposure to
climate change and the proliferation of small arms have created a
precarious security situation that holds back the country's
potential for peace and prosperity. Security in Nigeria explores
the many security threats facing Nigeria and assesses the
government's responses to date. With contributors spanning three
continents, it provides an original and comprehensive analysis of
'old' and 'new' security threats and offers original solutions to
address the crisis.
Nigeria is the most dynamic country on the African continent. Yet
the legacy of colonialism, deep-rooted corruption, exposure to
climate change and the proliferation of small arms have created a
precarious security situation that holds back the country's
potential for peace and prosperity. Security in Nigeria explores
the many security threats facing Nigeria and assesses the
government's responses to date. With contributors spanning three
continents, it provides an original and comprehensive analysis of
'old' and 'new' security threats and offers original solutions to
address the crisis.
Water is perhaps the most strategic and precious resource on earth,
critical to the survival of nations and their people. However, as
water is becoming scarcer, other natural resources that depend on
it are also experiencing decline in quantity and quality, often
leading to conflicts in some transboundary watercourses. For many
reasons, these water conflicts risks are evident in Africa. This
monograph demonstrates that although water scarcity is a necessary
condition for interstate conflicts in Lake Chad, other critical
intervening variable such as the competitiveness of economic
livelihoods, nature of international boundaries and the weakness of
the supranational organization established to regulate the
exploitation of resources of the lake interact to engender
interstate conflicts in the region. The intricacy and dynamics of
these factors were analysed critically. The analysis should help
shed some light on the broader issue of hydroconflict, and should
be especially useful to scholars, teachers and professionals in
interested in hydropolitics, or anyone else who may be interested
in the role of water scarcity in the incidence of conflicts in
Transboundary water body.
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