Why Are People Joining Boko Haram?

Why Are People Joining Boko Haram? Poverty and unemployment, poor parental upbringing, and neglect of children also underpin young people’s vulnerability to falling prey to violent extremism. Boko Haram has leveraged this vulnerability to deepen their process of recruitment and radicalization, especially in northern Nigeria. Why do youths join Boko Haram? Poverty and unemployment, poor

How Is Boko Haram Structured?

How Is Boko Haram Structured? According to this view, Boko Haram operates more as “a collection of loosely linked cells and bands than as a tightly disciplined hierarchical army” (Thurston 2017). For some authors (Weeraratne 2017), Boko Haram has adopted a “cell-like structure” since the execution of its leader Muhammad Yusuf in 2009. What type