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