This article explores the dominant narrative of ill-governed or ungoverned territories in the
northern region of Nigeria where informality and socioeconomic deficit fashioned the …

In contemporary armed conflict, the spatiality of violence and the constellation of actors
involved in it change frequently, but how these changes affect one another remains poorly …

Nigeria has recently joined the many states which have established de-radicalisation
programmes. The article engages with debates on how the success of de-radicalisation can …

In recent years, the West African sub-region has been faced with a wave of terrorism,
resulting in the death of hundreds of people, destruction of public and private properties, and …

This article attempts to shed light on the challenges confronting relevant actors (state and
non-state) in countering the threat of terrorism recruitment by focusing on the Boko Haram …

This paper is focused on the impact of the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria on the child's
right to education. The article concludes by assessing how the Nigerian government has …

Until 2014, security responses to the Boko Haram insurgency were largely domestic and
military. However, the increasing expansion of Boko Haram attacks in the Lake Chad Basin …

This paper assesses the impact of civilian interventions in counterterrorism in Africa. The
existing literature on terrorism has not sufficiently interrogated this aspect of counterterrorism …

Does counterterrorist financing (CTF) support the entire process of the global fight against
terrorism? Finding answers to this question helps to address the difficulties facing relevant …

This paper is an examination of the membership recruitment strategies of two violent
extremist organizations (VEOs), namely al-Shabaab and Boko Haram. The majority of the …