The ongoing campaign of terror in Nigeria: Boko Haram versus the state

Stability

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Agbiboa, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boko Haram; Islamic insurgency; The Nigerian State

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930340749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21652627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/sta.cl     Document Type: Article

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