Boxes of People Were Killed Earlier This Month in an Attack by the Jihadist Movement Boko Haram in Nigeria. The Group is Trying to Establish An Islamic Caliphate by Force in the Northeast of the Country. But there is more to it. An overview.
The Attack Took Place in the Village of Darul Jamal in The Northeastern State of Borno. That State was Largely in the hands of Boko Haram ten Years ago. Since then, The Armed Group Has Been Pushed Back. In The Months Before the Attack, The Situation in Darul Jamal, Just returned to Normal, Governor Babagana Zulum Told News Agency AFP Earlier This Month.
The Boko Haram Attack does not come completely out of the blue. In April, Zulum Already Warned of Renewed Activity by the Group in Borno. Accordance to the Governor, The Nigerian Army Does Not Have Enough Soldiers To Effectively Combat Boko Haram.
Yet there are successes to report in the Fight Against Boko Haram. For example, the army of niger announced in August That It It had Killed Boko Haram Leader Bakura Doro. And in July, 44 Members of Boko Haram Were Convicted in Nigeria for Financing Terrorist Activities.
In 2017, Nigeria, Prosecuting Members or Boko Haram. They were convicted of attacking and kidnapping Women and Children, Destroying Religious Shrines and Killing Civilians. Accordance to a spokesperson for the nigerian counter-terrorism agency NCTC, 785 Boko Haram Members Have Now Been Convicted.
Violence is committed by multiple parties
Since Boko Haram, ITS insurgency in 2009, an estimated 40,000 people have died as a results of violence. That Death Toll is a conservative estimate. A Few Years Ago, The Un Development Organization UNDP Stated in A Report That The Actual Death Toll is Closer to 350000, When the Impact of Violence on Issues Such As Agriculture and Healthcare is Tasks Into Account.
The Victims would ofes be Christians, Moderate Muslims and Marginalized Groups Such as the lgbtqia+ community. The Violence in Nigeria is not described as a genocide, but the un does report that conflicts are increasingly fought on the basis of ethnicity and religion.
Boko Haram is not the only party guilty of violence. For example, in Central Nigeria there are also conflicts between nomadic shepherds and farmers by land use. These conflicts of have an ethnic or religious dimension.
For Example, 56 People Were Killed in April in Violence in The Nigerian State of Benue. Governor Hyacinth Alia had PreviOutly Said HE SUSPECTED HERDERS OF THE ATTACK. Many Herders Belong to the Islamic Ethnic Group Fulani and Many Farmers Are Christian.
In January, boxes of Farmers were reported lathered and executed by Islamic State West Africa (ISWAP), a Group affiliated with Islamic State (IS). This would be evident from a nigerian intelligence report that news agency afp had access to at the time.
Nigeria has long leg plagued by gangs or kidnappers.
Also Nigerian Government Goes Too Far
A lot also Goes Wrong in The Fight Against Violence. For example, Human Rights Groups Accuse the Authorities of Arrest and Accusing Thousands of Random Civilians of Terrorism in recent years. Many are said to have leg imprisoned for years without access to a lawyer and without form of trial.
In 2020, a prosecutor from the International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC) concluded that Both Boko Haram and the Nigerian Government Were Guilty of War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity.
But the ICC’s Criminal Investigation Has Still Not Started, Despite Attempts by, Among Others, Amnesty International to Get The Case Moving.