The War for Nigeria
By: Veronica, Hadley, Ben, and Chaz
What is the War in Nigeria?
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Violence
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Group called Boko Haram terrorizing people
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Gov’t hiding from conflict
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JTFs are authority figures in capital Kano
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Urban desertification: public places are empty
The Creation of Boko Haram
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Created by Mohammed Ali in the early 2000s
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Frustrated w/ disorder & poverty of North
Nigeria
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Withdrew from society
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Made a community & practiced sharia: Islamic
law
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Became known as the Nigerian Taliban attacked
security who killed him
Carrying on Ali’s legacy
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Mohammed Yusuf later built a different
commune translated to: People Committed
to Propagation of the Prophet’s Teaching of Jihad
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Group later known as Boko Haram
Carrying on Yusuf’s Legacy
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2009 - Yusuf was killed by security forces
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Survivors of Yusuf followers went into hiding
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New leader: Abubakar Shekau
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Thought to have been killed multiple times but
still alive
Boko Haram Now
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More than 5,000 ppl Killed from July 2009 to June 2014
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Boko Haram has been responsible for kidnapping many school girls
Boko Haram Now (Cont.)
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According to CNN, Boko Haram kidnapped approx. 276 girls in April from
boarding school in Chibok, in northeastern Nigeria
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Some escaped, but more than 200 are still missing
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Nigerian gov’t is having talks with Boko Haram to trade prisoners for
imprisoned Boko Haram members
Bus Station Bombing
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Center of commerce; people
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Influx of cultural diffusion
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Could have been anyone w/ bomb
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Other school shootings
gathered together
What is the goal of Boko Haram?
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To get rid of Christians & Muslim traitors
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Get rid of western culture
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Islamic gov’t
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Regional equality or new country in the north
Background on Nigeria
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Most populous country in Africa: 178, 516, 904
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Achieved independence from Britain in 1960
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Many divisions between the ppl: Hausa, Fulani, and Igbo
Divisions Between People in Nigeria
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Igbo felt dominated by Hausa & Fulanis, set up ind. Republic of Biafra in 1967
(to keep control of their oil fields)
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War between Nigeria and Biafra,
Biafra rejoined Nigeria in 1970
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Nigeria had series of military & civilian gov’ts
corruption
b/c
North and South
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North = less developed
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South = more developed
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South has western culture and is
able to make more advances
Oil and Issues
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Gives Nigerian gov’t most of its $
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5th largest exporter in the world
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Blame President Johnathon & makes politicians unanswerable
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Corruption b/c oil
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More oil in south than north
Lack of Development Caused by Oil
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Nigeria spending more on oil than developing
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More than ½ of children under five in Northern Nigeria are lacking nutrition
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¼ of homes have electricity
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23% of women can read
What do the people know?
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Authority figures don’t want public to know
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Security can’t investigate properly - poor training/experience, equipment,
and intelligence networks
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More authorities = confusion
Conspiracy Theories
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Wahhabis from Gulf States
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Northern and western politicians
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President Jonathon & his staff
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President Jonathon’s party
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Gov’t branches
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Security forces/police
How Relationship Between Gov’t &
Nigerians are Affected
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Loss of trust
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No help & no one to go to
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Boko Haram in gov’t branches, armed forces,
police, & security agencies