boko haram

Some 300 children have been abducted from a village 100km outside the north-western city of Kaduna, Nigeria. It's the second mass-abduction in less than a week.

In 2014, Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped 276 female students from their dormitory at the Government Girls Secondary School in the Nigerian town of Chibok. The act inspired international outrage and a worldwide campaign to #BringBackOurGirls. Far less attention has been paid, however, to the plight of those who escape Boko Haram’s violence and become displaced within their own country. Now, anthropologist Gbemisola Abiola, PhD '23, is exploring different sites—camps, informal settlements, and host communities—where internally displaced persons (IDP) resettle. In this episode of Colloquy, Abiola discusses protracted displacement, the new structures of social and economic life that emerge from it, and the different survival strategies and tools IDP use to rebuild their lives.

Africa is the second largest continent in the world, both in land area and population. It has more than 1.2 billion people — most of them young and poor — living in 54 countries. If current demographic trends continue, Africa will account for a quarter of humanity by the middle of this century.

In Africa, conflicts are more often within countries rather than between them. Sudan and Ethiopia are current examples.

Today, al Qaeda and the Islamic State are active across Africa. So is the Wagner Group, a lawless private army loyal to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

And China’s ruling Communist Party has become a neo-imperialist power on the continent, exploiting African peoples and resources.

Joining host Cliff May to talk about Africa is Joshua Meservey.

He’s currently a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, where he focuses on African geopolitics, counterterrorism, and great power competition in Africa.

He was previously a research fellow for Africa at the Heritage Foundation. He’s also worked at the US Army Special Operations Command, for Church World Service based out of Nairobi, Kenya, and he was a Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia. And he’s a member of FDD’s National Security Network.

In this episode, we discuss the history of Nigeria, the country with the most military coups in Africa within the shortest amount of time, one bloody civil war, and four republics.  We also discuss the implications of the history of Nigeria, its military rule, and the marginalization of certain ethnic groups for the 2023 General Election between Bola Tinubu, Atiku, and Peter Obi.

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On today's Breitbart News Daily podcast, no monologue or headlines, but we have two world-class guests. First, Bill O'Reilly, legendary broadcaster and bestselling author. His new book "Killing the Killers" is informative and a smooth read. The book covers all matters terrorism from the Osama bin Laden raid, to the Kayla Mueller abduction and murder, to 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, to the Irish Republican Army, to Boko Haram, and so much more. We get into the current realities of terrorism around the world and his analysis on what we are doing about it and what we should be doing to keep the bad guys at bay. Then, former California Congressman Devin Nunes, who now runs Trump's Truth Social platform, joins to talk about social media, free speech, Elon Musk, and what he and his company are doing to provide an alternative to the cesspool known as Twitter. Nunes is a great American and whether or not you're impressed so far, Truth Social is a worthy endeavor and it's good to hear from the guy in charge.

Nigeria is safe, and so is Lagos! But does this apply to morning, afternoon and evenings alone? What happens after the wee hours that follow sunset or when it is darkest just before twighlight? In this episode, we look at the various impacts to Lagos and to Nigeria, a country that sleeps at Night and discuss the different safety and "common-sense" measures that must be applied during your next visit and how to make sure you remain safe, if residing in Nigeria.

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According to Unicef, although primary education is officially free and compulsory in Nigeria, about 10.5 million of the country’s children aged 5-14 years are not in school and 1 in 5 of the World's out of school children is in Nigeria. Non-western education is forbidden in certain parts of Northern Nigeria. Our guest today, who is from Nothern Nigeria describes how she managed to escape for greener pastures in the USA, risked her life and makes a compelling case for educational egalitarianism for all of Nigeria's children.#chibok girls.

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We recently heard about the execution of Reverend Lawan Andimi, the head of the Christian Association of Nigeria. 

On today's Podcast Extra host Sarah is speaks to Release partner Reverend Hasan John 
about Andimi’s death and what it tells us about the wider issues at stake in Nigeria. 

Nigeria; the new economic frontier takes center stage. Will it succeed?

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In February, the Muslim terrorist group Boko Haram, stormed Leah Sharibu’s Nigerian middle school kidnapping her and 109 of her schoolmates. After a month in captivity, they were released…all but Leah.

Leah was left behind with her captors because she refused to renounce Jesus even knowing that her decision for Christ would almost certainly mean physical death or even worse – years of torture as a slave to these terrorists.

In mid-September, Boko Haram sent notice with the videotaped execution of a nurse midwife, that Leah is next and will be killed in October if Nigeria doesn’t meet their demands.

Coalition member and author Dominic Sputo says, “I want her to feel our prayers of support…to feel like she’s not forgotten. I want you to share her story, so all know of the brave 15-year-old girl that refuses to disown her faith.”

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In spite of Nigerian government denials, the United Nations has said the government lied and reported the splinter Boko Haram group that kidnapped the 111 Dapchi girls in February was paid a “large ransom”.

The girls were kidnapped from their school on February 18. One of the girls, Leah Sharibu, is yet to be released for refusing to convert to Islam, other freed girls said.

While the case of the 276 Dapchi Chibok schoolgirls, kidnapped in April 2014 have enjoyed enormous media coverage, UNICEF said in April that over 1000 children have been kidnapped by Boko Haram since 2013.

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