African Institute for Development Policy

THE COMPOUNDING OF GRIEVANCE: A MULTI-CAUSAL ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND RELIGIOUS INTERACTION IN THE BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY

Purpose of study: This study examines how economic deprivation, social inequality, political exclusion, and religious ideology interact to compound grievances and sustain the Boko Haram insurgency in northeastern Nigeria. Methodology: The study employs a qualitative, multi-causal...