234 girls are 'missing' from Nigerian school attacked last week by Islamic extremists - significantly more than the 85 initially reported by education officials

29 April 2014
By Kieran Corcoran 
Source: Daily Mail

 
Almost three times as many schoolgirls as previously thought were seized from an exam hall by violent Islamist extremists, it has been claimed.

A statement by officials had said that 85 girls aged 16-18, who were sitting a physics exam, were kidnapped from the school in Chibok, Nigeria last week.

But today the governor of the region, who visited the town today, said that grief-stricken parents told him officials had ignored them when drawing up the list of 85, and that in fact 234 girls had been taken.

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Curbing Violence in Nigeria (II): The Boko Haram Insurgency

April 3,2014
International Crisis Group Africa report #216
www.crisisgroup.org.

Table of Contents 

 

 

Executive

Summary .............................................................................................................

...... i

Recommenda

tions................................................................................................................

..... iii

I.

Introduction ..................................................................................................................

... 1

II.

Corruption, Political Violence

and the Weak State .......................................................... 2

A.

Politics, Political Vi

olence, Bad Governance

and Poverty ......................................... 2

B.

Declining Human

Development Resources ............................................................... 4

C.

Growing Alienation and

Radicalisation ..................................................................... 5

III.

The Rise of Bo

ko Haram .................................................................................................. 7

A.

The Muslim Battle of Id

eas in the North ................................................................... 8

B.

The Emergence and Evolutio

n of Boko

Haram ......................................................... 9

1.

Internal disagr

eements ........................................................................................ 9

2.

A dangerous politi

cal tool ..................................................................................... 11

3.

The uprisi

ng .......................................................................................................... 13

IV.

A Rapidly Evolving

Threat ............................................................................................... 14

A.

Revenge, Changing Tactics an

d Terrorist Vi

olence ................................................... 14

B.

Diffuse Organisation

and Leadersh

ip ........................................................................ 18

C.

External Links an

d Networks .................................................................................... 23

D.

From Boko Haram to

Ansaru

.................................................................................... 26

V.

A Complex Co

nflict ...........................................................................................................

30

A.

The Government’s

Response ..................................................................................... 30

1.

Strengthening anti-terro

rism legislation ............................................................. 30

2.

Boosting the capacities of

the military and other

security agencies. ................... 31

3.

Exploring dialogue with

the insurg

ents ............................................................... 33

4.

Military operations and ci

vilian vigila

ntes ........................................................... 34

5.

Contradictory strategi

es and fr

aud ...................................................................... 36

B.

Boko Haram’s Suspicio

n and Divisio

ns ..................................................................... 37

C.

The Civilian Joint

Task Force .................................................................................... 38

D.

The 2015 Elec

tions ..................................................................................................... 39

E.

Impact on the North and Impl

ications for

Nigeria

................................................... 40

VI.

A Way Forward .................................................................................................................

42

A.

Federal Govern

ment .................................................................................................. 42

1.

A far north developm

ent commiss

ion .................................................................. 42

2.

Improved governance and

service deli

very .......................................................... 43

3.

An end to im

punity ............................................................................................... 43

4.

Win hearts an

d minds .......................................................................................... 43

B.

Nigeria’s Part

ners ...................................................................................................... 45

1.

Regional part

ners ................................................................................................. 45

2.

Other partners an

d donors ................................................................................... 46

C.

Addressing Extr

emism .............................................................................................. 47

D.

Local and National

Dialogue ..................................................................................... 47

VII.

Conclusion ....................................................................................................................

.... 49

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