Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/256344 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
SWP Comments No. 21/2015
Publisher: 
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin
Abstract: 
The wave of violence unleashed in north-eastern Nigeria by the militant terror group Boko Haram and the regionalization of terrorism have spurred neighboring Chad, Cameroon and Niger into action. Since March 2015, they have been conducting military operations in the border regions, sometimes on Nigerian territory, in an effort to push back the terrorists. Nigeria and its neighbors have officially agreed a multilateral military operation with the aim of neutralizing Boko Haram. However, for domestic political reasons, Nigeria is blocking regional cooperation, while a UN Security Council mandate for the force is in the making. International support for the planned military operation will be futile unless Abuja changes course. It remains to be seen, if the newly elected President Muhammadu Buhari will bring change. (SWP Comments)
Document Type: 
Research Report

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