BOKO HARAM, THE BLOODIEST TERRORIST GROUP OF THE 21ST CENTURY
BOKO HARAM, THE BLOODIEST TERRORIST GROUP OF THE 21ST CENTURY

Summary/Abstract: THE AUTHORS GIVE A GENERAL PRESENTATION OF THE TERRORIST GROUP BOKO HARAM, KNOWN WORLDWIDE AS ONE OF THE BLOODIEST TERRORIST GROUPS DUE TO THE PECULIARITIES OF THE MODES OF OPERATION AND THE ABOMINABLE ATTACKS ORCHESTRATED AGAINST THE CIVILIAN POPULATION. IT HIGHLIGHTS THE OPERATIONAL PECULIARITIES AND THE WAY OF TRANSFORMING THE GROUP FROM A LOCAL INSURGENCY, INTO A REAL FIGHTING FORCE, WHICH TOOK POWER OVER SIGNIFICANT TERRITORIES AND SOWED TERROR IN NIGERIA. THE GROUP PROVED TO BE PARTICULARLY TENACIOUS AND ADAPTIVE, OFTEN CHANGING ITS HOSTILE TACTICS AND STRATEGIES TO WITHSTAND COUNTERMEASURES FROM THE NIGERIAN AUTHORITIES AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN GLOBAL SECURITY ISSUES, CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, HAVE NOT LED TO A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN THE GROUP'S ACTIVITIES, AS IT SEEKS TO SPECULATE ON THE UNDERFUNDING OF SECURITY BY THE NIGERIAN AUTHORITIES, FURTHER ENGAGING IN THE OPERATIONALIZATION OF TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE TERRITORY OF NIGERIA.

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