Nigeria : Terreur sous couvert religieux

AUTEUR : KATRIN GÄNSLER

ABSTRACT :

Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad – better known as Boko Haram – has killed more than 20.000 persons in Nigeria’s north-east since 2009. More than two million people had to leave their homes in order to escape. Boko Haram is often only portrayed as a religious movement which wants to establish the sharia all over Nigeria. But there are various causes why people still join the group. It includes the sense of marginalization and the lack of prospects. Although these factors are well-known neither the federal government in Abuja nor the state government in Maiduguri – state capital of Borno – have managed to create a secure environment with job opportunities, infrastructure and promising perspectives for the young generation in the north-east