The Boko Haram Uprising: How should Nigeria respond?

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 853-869

  Aghedo, Iro ^a   Osumah, Oarhe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b AMBROSE ALLI UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATIONAL SECURITY; SECURITY THREAT; TERRORISM;

NIGERIA;

EID: 84861467940     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2012.674701     Document Type: Article

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