The Islamist challenge: Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis explained

African Security Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 54-67

  Onuoha, Freedom C ^a  

^a National Defence College   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Boko haram; Extrajudicial killing; Mohammed yusuf; Nigeria; Radical sect; Religious violence; Terrorism; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960067545     PISSN: 10246029     EISSN: 21540128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10246029.2010.503061     Document Type: Article

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