Citation

Strat. Comments 2011; 17(9): 1-3.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13567888.2011.646168

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

With a suicide car-bombing of the United Nations building in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, in August, and recent deadly attacks in the northeastern states of Yobe and Borno, Islamist group Boko Haram has announced its return to the stage, two years after it was supposed to have been defeated. The radical group, which used to confine itself to drive-by shootings, is more violent than ever, adding to the pressures on Nigeria's security forces. Faced with the sect's calls for an Islamic caliphate and increasingly sophisticated guerrilla tactics, Defence Minister Bello Halliru Mohammed recently compared Nigeria's current position to 'the United States... after 9/11'. © 2011 Copyright The International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Language: en