Militias in Nigeria's Fourth-republic
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2019
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Centre for Peace Studies and Conflict Management (CPSCM) Taraba State University, Jalingo, Nigeria
Abstract
Despite the reduction of secessionist moves in post-Cold War Africa, the continued existence of ethnic and religious militias within many of these States, including Nigeria, underscores their fragitility. The recent emergence of an Islamist militia (Boko-Haram) localized in core northern Nigeria perceived as fast-losing out in the distribution of power in the Fourth-Republic reflects the extent of ethnic and religious insecurity in Nigeria...
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Militias, Nigeria, Islamist, Boko-Haram