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NIGERIA: ‘State of War’

NIGERIA: ‘State of War’ More questions are being asked about the effectiveness of the military offensive and the capacity of the armed forces. Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants Nigeria attacked a school in Buni Yadi (Yobe State, northeast) and shot some students, BBC News online reported the military as saying on February 25th. Teachers at the remote boarding told the AP news agency that as many as 40 students had been killed in the assault. A Boko Haram attack in the border town of Bama (north east) on February 19th killed 98 people and caused massive destruction to public buildings. The insurgents fired on a school and wrecked the palace of a traditional ruler. Suicide bombers are believed to have taken part in the major attack, the BBC reported the army as saying. The attack brought to 200 the number killed that week in just two attacks. The Boko Haram militants seem to have adopted a tactic of maximum civilian casualties, said Reuters (20/2) , and the failure of the army to destroy the militants has fuelled anger in the north‐east, correspondents say. The attack came a day after a presidential spokesman said the army was “winning the war” against Islamist militants. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Wiley
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© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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1467-825X
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10.1111/j.1467-825X.2014.05570.x
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More questions are being asked about the effectiveness of the military offensive and the capacity of the armed forces. Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants Nigeria attacked a school in Buni Yadi (Yobe State, northeast) and shot some students, BBC News online reported the military as saying on February 25th. Teachers at the remote boarding told the AP news agency that as many as 40 students had been killed in the assault. A Boko Haram attack in the border town of Bama (north east) on February 19th killed 98 people and caused massive destruction to public buildings. The insurgents fired on a school and wrecked the palace of a traditional ruler. Suicide bombers are believed to have taken part in the major attack, the BBC reported the army as saying. The attack brought to 200 the number killed that week in just two attacks. The Boko Haram militants seem to have adopted a tactic of maximum civilian casualties, said Reuters (20/2) , and the failure of the army to destroy the militants has fuelled anger in the north‐east, correspondents say. The attack came a day after a presidential spokesman said the army was “winning the war” against Islamist militants.

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 2014

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