Tag: Boko Haram

Understand concept of ‘infidel’ to understand risks of Islamic radicalization

October 21, 2014 Boko Haram, Islamic extremism, Islamic State, Pakistan, Rwanda, Salafism

Iraqi Christian children driven out of their homes by IS. Photo taken at a refugee camp in Erbil on September 16.World Watch Monitor In recent history, genocides have often been accompanied by the preparatory dehumanization of victims. In 1994, in Rwanda, for example, the Hutu interhamwe labelled the Tutsis . . . Read More

Several Nigerians killed immediatly after truce

October 20, 2014 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Kidnapping, Nigeria

Dozens have been killed in at least five attacks in Adamawa state soon after the Nigerian government said they reached a ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram on Friday. The Islamist extremist group has not yet claimed responsibility, but its militants are the assumed perpetrators. One of the conditions of the . . . Read More

Claim of truce raises hope that kidnapped Nigerian girls will be released

October 18, 2014 Nigeria Ansaru, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, Goodluck Jonathan, Kidnapping, Niger Delta, Samuel Dali, Stephen Davis

The deserted streets of Chibok in August.World Watch Monitor Nigeria’s kidnapped schoolgirls will be released as part of a truce between militant Islamist group Boko Haram and government forces, the Nigerian army said Friday. The Nigerian chief of defence, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, made the announcement. Boko Haram . . . Read More

Reports: Cease-fire with Boko Haram reached

October 17, 2014 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Chibok girls, EYN, Kidnapping, Nigeria, Samuel Dali

Nigerian defense officials are saying that the government has reached a cease-fire agreement with Boko Haram, and that one of the terms of the deal is the release of 276 girls kidnapped in April from their school in the village of Chibok. Various news agencies inside and outside Nigeria have . . . Read More

New dataset does the numbers on Boko Haram

October 9, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Nigeria, Salafism

Boko Haram’s five-year insurgency is “clearly the most lethal conflict that Nigeria has confronted in decades,” according to the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, or SAIS. The school has just released the Nigeria Social Violence Dataset, which tallies Nigeria’s “incidents of deadly social violence” since 1998. The . . . Read More

New military plan to combat Boko Haram progress

October 8, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Churches, Nigeria

UPDATE: Close to 200 churches have been destroyed by Boko Haram forces in northern Nigeria in the last 60 days, according to Catholic news agency, Agenzia Fides. The latest ransacking of towns and villages has left more than 190,000 people newly displaced in the lead up to what should have . . . Read More

‘How can I celebrate my birthday with a homeless, scattered family?’

October 3, 2014 Nigeria Abuja, Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, EYN, Gwoza, Islamic extremism, Nigeria, Rebecca Dali

Dr Rebecca Dali is the founder of Centre for Caring, Empowerment and Peace Initiatives.Courtesy of CCEPI Nigerian Rebecca Dali’s birthday is 1 October – the same date as her country’s Independence Day. But this year there was little time for celebration because her home town of Michika is overrun . . . Read More

Nigerian Bishops: ‘Stop playing politics, protect innocent citizens’

September 24, 2014 Nigeria Boko Haram, Catholics, Delta State, Islamic extremism, Maiduguri, Nigeria

Most Rev Ignatius Ayau Kaigama, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria.World Watch Monitor Catholic Bishops in Nigeria have called on the government to protect the lives and property of its people, as militants intensified their killing spree across the country. In a statement ”While Nigeria bleeds and . . . Read More

Nigerian Christians: ‘We are on the run’

September 16, 2014 Nigeria Adamawa, Boko Haram, Borno, Chibok girls, EYN, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Samuel Dali, Stephen Davis, Sunni, Yobe

What ISIS has done in Iraq, Boko Haram is doing in Nigeria, a Nigerian cleric says. ”The news is really bad. When they attacked our hometown, we decided to vacate the place. In Michika and surrounding areas, soldiers were running away. Some of them were killed or wounded and lot . . . Read More

Cameroon’s churches struggle to cope with Boko Haram spillover

September 8, 2014 Cameroon Boko Haram, Far North, IDPs, Maroua, Refugees

The United Nations camp for Nigerian refugees in Mokolo, norhtern Cameroon, in July.World Watch Monitor Northern Cameroon is more than ever in the sights of Boko Haram, as details of atrocities committed by the radical Islamic sect from neighboring Nigeria continue to emerge. The militant sect, which now controls . . . Read More

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