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    Terrorism and Financial Flows in Africa

    Journal Abstract African countries amidst low credit security, low-income level and sub-optimal growth outcomes are facing many challenges on the incidence of terrorism and how to combat it. The increased[…]

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    • in Groups · Ideologies · Regions · World

    Explaining the Rise of Jihadism in Africa: The Crucial Case of the Islamic State of the Greater Sahara

    Journal abstract While jihadism appears to be on the rise in Africa, the explanations of violent extremist groups’ capacity to foment jihadi insurgencies and mobilize recruits remain poorly understood. Recent[…]

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    Outlasting the Caliphate: The Evolution of the Islamic State Threat in Africa

    Journal abstract The annus horribilis Islamic State Central suffered in 2019, during which the group lost the last stretch of its “territorial caliphate” in Iraq and Syria and its leader Abu Bakr[…]

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    Handbook of Terrorism and Counter Terrorism Post 9/11

    Publisher’s description The events of 9/11 gave rise to a new epoch in world history. This Handbook examines how the world order and our understanding of war and peace has[…]

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    Fighting for Peace in Somalia

    A History and Analysis of the African Union Mission (AMISOM), 2007-2017 Publisher’s description Fighting for Peace in Somalia provides the first comprehensive analysis of the African Union Mission in Somalia[…]

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    Counter-Insurgency in Nigeria: The Military and Operations against Boko Haram, 2011-2017

    Publisher’s description This book offers a detailed examination of the counter-insurgency operations undertaken by the Nigerian military against Boko Haram between 2011 and 2017. Based on extensive fieldwork conducted with[…]

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  • Understanding Boko Haram
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    Understanding Boko Haram: Terrorism and Insurgency in Africa

    Publisher’s description The primary objective of this book is to understand the nature of the Boko Haram insurgency in northeast Nigeria. Boko Haram’s goal of an Islamic Caliphate, starting in[…]

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    A Response to Jacob Zenn on Boko Haram and al-Qa‘ida

    Journal abstract A recent special issue of Perspectives on Terrorism, published in December 2017 (Volume 11, Number 6, pp. 174-190), included an article by Jacob Zenn entitled “Demystifying al-Qaida in[…]

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    From Resilience to Fragmentation: Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Jihadist Group Modularity

    Journal abstract During the last decade, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) managed to survive despite suffering four major fragmentations. Through the case study of AQIM, the goal of[…]

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    An analysis of the epistemic link between the Catholic religion and violence in Uganda’s history

    Journal abstract Uganda’s recent history of violence has had an interesting characteristic: it has arguably been mainly within the Christian and more specifically Catholic religious space. I examine four cases[…]

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