Nigeria's homegrown monster, by Alain Vicky (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, April 2012)
Nigeria’s homegrown monster What began as a quasi-religious response to northern Nigeria’s poverty and lack of government influence has become a geopolitical player: a semi-terrorist movement that attacks those who most need its support by Alain Vicky Nigeria, described as a “democrazy” because of its chaotic society. has produced a monster — Boko Haram. This began in the northeast about a decade ago as an anti-government religious movement filling the gap left by the opposition parties, but the government has transformed it into a geopolitical player, and the main actor ...
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