Nigeria, Boko Haram, Terrorist 

Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram remains a somewhat impenetrable
creation. Periodically able to conduct terrorist spectaculars that kill dozens,
and acts of brutality such as executing school children as they sleep in their
dormitories, the group requires a concerted response. But prior to the
recent Nigerian general election of 28–29 March 2015, Boko Haram became
a political tennis ball. Then-President Goodluck Jonathan attempted to turn
a bad situation around by attracting international support on the back of
major incidents, such as the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls from their school
in Chibok in Borno State in April 2014, or Boko Haram’s renewed attempts
to create an Islamic Caliphate. But every claim by Jonathan that Boko Haram
would be defeated, including the September 2014 proclamation that the
group would be eradicated in the same way as Ebola, has been met with
further attacks. Jonathan’s presidency has subsequently been heavily
criticised for the inadequacy of its response. 

46 p.; 29 cm