Nigeria, Boko Haram - Cutting Corners and the Illusion of Speedy Conflict Resolution

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omoba Oladele Opeolu Osinuga
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Boko Haram

scholarly journals The Psychological Trauma on Boko Haram Victims in Nigeria: Conflict Resolution Perspective

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Terungwa Terwase ◽  
Asmat-Nizam Abdul-Talib ◽  
Knocks Tapiwa Zengeni ◽  
Joyce Mcivir Terwase
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Boko Haram

The AU Task Forces: an African response to transnational armed groups

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Brubacher ◽  
Erin Kimball Damman ◽  
Christopher Day
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Security Architecture ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
African Union ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Armed Groups ◽  
Boko Haram ◽  
Task Forces ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Peace And Security

ABSTRACTThis article examines the Task Forces created by the African Union (AU) to address the security threats posed by Boko Haram and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). It argues that these Task Forces are well suited to address transnational armed groups whose ambiguous political goals and extreme violence make traditional conflict resolution ineffective. Although the Task Forces fall within the AU's collective security mandate and broadly within the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), their distinct characteristics make it more capable of addressing these new cross-border threats. Their reliance on nationally funded and directed militaries also allow the Task Forces to fulfil both the goals of the AU and the interests of the regimes that take leadership roles within these structures.

Under the Black Flag in Borno: experiences of foot soldiers and civilians in Boko Haram's ‘caliphate’

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 645-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zacharias P. Pieri ◽  
Jacob Zenn
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Boko Haram ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Ethnographic Analysis

AbstractBoko Haram's operations and ideology have been the subject of increasing research in recent years. This article, in contrast, explores the culture of Boko Haram through an ethnographic analysis of the group's internal videos that were not intended for public release. The authors find that in their everyday lives Boko Haram foot soldiers are different from the image the group presents to the world in propaganda videos. While unmistakably a violent movement, in territories under the group's control that it attempted to administer, foot soldiers participated in conflict resolution with elders, explained the group's position on external alliances to villagers, engaged in recreation to pass time off the battlefield and created bonds of solidarity with other members of the group. Using insights from anthropology and the examination of ‘Jihadi Culture’, this article's insights help us understand how and why Boko Haram foot soldiers fight beyond the group's public ideology or stated goals: for many of them, it is simply a lifestyle.

scholarly journals On The Trajectory of Boko Haram Terrorism in Nigeria: Socio-Economic Challenges and Intervention Strategies for Conflict Resolution

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 76-96
Author(s):  
Sogo Angel Olofinbiyi
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Terrorist Group ◽  
Boko Haram ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Immediate Response

Approximately a decade of Boko Haram catastrophic enterprises in Nigeria has described the Islamist terrorist group as an anathema to sustainable development as well as the nation’s most protracted stand-off of recent times. The study employed a qualitative methodological approach of in-depth interviews to examine the multi-faceted challenges of the crisis in Nigeria. The study unfolds a great deal of deplorable effects associated with gradual underdevelopment of the Nigerian state, particularly in the areas of socio-economic, political, religious, educational, agricultural, and health advancement of the country. With Boko Haram’s persistent enterprise flourishing in Nigeria and no lasting solutions hitherto in sight, the study recommends peaceful negotiation as an immediate response to the crisis and pre-emptive legal measures as a remote solution to address such problem should it arise in the nearest future.

A Matter of Faith? Negotiations with Boko Haram in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-462
Author(s):  
Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Boko Haram ◽  
Religious Conflicts ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
The Government ◽  
Negotiation Literature ◽  
Empirical Material

Abstract Why are armed conflicts involving warring parties with an Islamist agenda more difficult to resolve through negotiations? In previous research, two main explanations have been put forward; one that highlight the religious element of the parties’ conflict issue and one that emphasis the organizational character of these conflicts, in particular their transnational nature. Yet we still do not know which of these explanations that carry the most explanatory power. The purpose of this article is to test the empirical relevance of these theories through an in-depth study of five negotiation attempts between the government of Nigeria and the group known as Boko Haram during the time period 2011 to 2016. By doing so, this article both addresses one of the key theoretical debates in the scholarly field of religious conflicts and conflict resolution, and presents novel empirical material on a case not well covered in previous negotiation literature.

Agreeableness, Conflict Resolution Tactics, and School Behavior in Second Graders

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Gadke ◽  
Renée M. Tobin ◽  
W. Joel Schneider
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Problem Behaviors ◽  
Second Graders ◽  
Adaptive Behaviors ◽  
Second Grade ◽  
School Behavior ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
School Based ◽  
Second Grade Students ◽  
Negotiation Tactics

Abstract. This study examined the association between Agreeableness and children’s selection of conflict resolution tactics and their overt behaviors at school. A total of 157 second graders responded to a series of conflict resolution vignettes and were observed three times during physical education classes at school. We hypothesized that Agreeableness would be inversely related to the endorsement of power assertion tactics and to displays of problem behaviors, and positively related to the endorsement of negotiation tactics and to displays of adaptive behaviors. Consistent with hypotheses, Agreeableness was inversely related to power assertion tactics and to displays of off-task, disruptive, and verbally aggressive behaviors. There was no evidence that Agreeableness was related to more socially sophisticated responses to conflict, such as negotiation, with our sample of second grade students; however, it was related to displays of adaptive behaviors, specifically on-task behaviors. Limitations, including potential reactivity effects and the restriction of observational data collection to one school-based setting, are discussed. Future researchers are encouraged to collect data from multiple sources in more than one setting over time.

The Theatrical Metaphor: Can It Aid Conflict Resolution?

1987 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 602-603
Author(s):  
Sheldon Stryker
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution
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