This report traces the development of the Boko Haram militancy, from its nascent collection of youth in north-eastern Nigeria to its eruption as a terrorist insurgency seeking to impose sharia law throughout the country.
It also outlines claims about the group’s ambitions and capabilities to strike regional and Western interests outside Nigeria.
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