I. So do you guys remember Kony2012? Bet you haven’t heard that name in a while. While noble in its goals, it had a major flaw. It oversimplified the issue and focused on the obvious eg killing kids is bad. That is a mistake I will strive not to make today while I am talking about the Nigerian Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram.
II. A specific set of religious and economic factors allowed Boko Haram to develop from a semi-peaceful religious group to what it is today.
III. I’ll first give you an idea of what religious and economic problems are in Nigeria then go on to explain the development of Boko Haram.
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I. To completely understand any conflict it is vital for us to know the broader circumstances surrounding it. …show more content…
Nigeria is not only split down religious lines, but economic as well. 1. According the same CIA numbers, Nigeria is the largest African economy with 95% of its exports consisting of petroleum and petroleum products(2015). 2. Stuart Elden, Professor from the University of Warwick explained in “The geopolitics of Boko Haram and Nigeria 's 'war on terror '” since all of the oil fields are located in the south this has created a massive wealth gap between the rich South and poor North (2014). He goes on to quote Professor Philippe Le Brillon who said, “over the past 30 years, more than $350bn worth of oil has come out of the Nigerian ground, but the percentage of Nigerians surviving on less than $1 a day has risen from 36% to 70%”, In the wake of such numbers, Elden calls the unrest “unsurprising.”
3. It only seems natural then that Zachary Elkaim from the International Institute for
Counter Terrorism reports in Boko Haram: “The Rise, Success, and Continued Efficacy of the Insurgency in Nigeria” that, quote, “In the northeastern Borno State, the birthplace of Boko Haram, only two percent of children younger than two years old have been vaccinated, 83 percent of young people are illiterate, and 48.5 percent of children do not go to school.” end …show more content…
They were not yet a militant group at this point, but they were willing to use violence to achieve their goals. Their founder Mohammed Yusuf, a local spiritual leader, believed Muslims that participated in government to be infidels, so he formed the “Congregation of the People of Tradition for Proselytism and Jihad” the group now known as Boko
II. A specific set of religious and economic factors allowed Boko Haram to develop from a semi-peaceful religious group to what it is today.
III. I’ll first give you an idea of what religious and economic problems are in Nigeria then go on to explain the development of Boko Haram.
Body
I. To completely understand any conflict it is vital for us to know the broader circumstances surrounding it. …show more content…
Nigeria is not only split down religious lines, but economic as well. 1. According the same CIA numbers, Nigeria is the largest African economy with 95% of its exports consisting of petroleum and petroleum products(2015). 2. Stuart Elden, Professor from the University of Warwick explained in “The geopolitics of Boko Haram and Nigeria 's 'war on terror '” since all of the oil fields are located in the south this has created a massive wealth gap between the rich South and poor North (2014). He goes on to quote Professor Philippe Le Brillon who said, “over the past 30 years, more than $350bn worth of oil has come out of the Nigerian ground, but the percentage of Nigerians surviving on less than $1 a day has risen from 36% to 70%”, In the wake of such numbers, Elden calls the unrest “unsurprising.”
3. It only seems natural then that Zachary Elkaim from the International Institute for
Counter Terrorism reports in Boko Haram: “The Rise, Success, and Continued Efficacy of the Insurgency in Nigeria” that, quote, “In the northeastern Borno State, the birthplace of Boko Haram, only two percent of children younger than two years old have been vaccinated, 83 percent of young people are illiterate, and 48.5 percent of children do not go to school.” end …show more content…
They were not yet a militant group at this point, but they were willing to use violence to achieve their goals. Their founder Mohammed Yusuf, a local spiritual leader, believed Muslims that participated in government to be infidels, so he formed the “Congregation of the People of Tradition for Proselytism and Jihad” the group now known as Boko