Boko Haram Insurgency and Internally Displaced Persons: A Case Study of the Damare IDP Camp in Adamawa, Nigeria

Olakunle Olowojolu and Dorcas Ettang ()
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Olakunle Olowojolu: Landmark University
Dorcas Ettang: Landmark University

A chapter in A Sleeping Giant?, 2021, pp 73-83 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Nigeria’s north-east region has experienced turbulence since Boko Haram insurgency reared its ugly head in 2009. More than 20,000 lives have been lost, and more than two million people have been internally displaced. The large-scale violence linked to Boko Haram insurgency in the troubled north-east has extended to Chad, Niger and Cameroon. Using the state fragility theory and data from in-depth interviews and focus group discussions conducted at the Damare Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp near Yola, Adamawa state, this chapter examines the level of insecurity caused by Boko Haram insurgency in the north-east in general and the attendant humanitarian crisis in the Damare IDP camp. It argues that both can be traced to the Nigerian state’s incapacity to provide public goods.

Keywords: Boko Haram; Insurgency; IDPs; Adamawa; Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-73375-9_6

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