Boko Haram: Children as weapons of war

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" Boko Haram: Children as weapons of war "

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	802723
Doc. No	:	TL47894
Call number	:	‭1613109043;‮ ‬1564400‬
Main Entry	:	Kirasirova, Masha
Title & Author	:	Boko Haram: Children as weapons of war
	:	\ Cynthia Madden
	:	Gonnella, Cynthia
College	:	Utica College
Date	:	2014
Degree	:	M.S.
student score	:	2014
field of study	:	Cybersecurity
Page No	:	74
Note	:	Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-16621-7
Abstract	:	The purpose of this research was to identify children used as weapons of war and terrorism through acts by Nigerian radical Muslim group Boko Haram. The matter of child weapons posed significance in the fight against terrorism. Historically, child weapons faced warfare but in different venues than terrorism sought to exploit them. Throughout time, child soldiers fought on the battlefield or used for pleasure and race dilution through sexual violence. Terrorist acts by Boko Harm sought to use children as human shields. Often terrorism focused on the shock value and emotional impact rather than the intent to win in tradition warfare. Boko Hara was not alone in using children as weapons of war during the conflicts in Nigeria. Police brutality against the youth of Nigeria generated opposition in the form of spin-off Muslim youth groups. In addition, a corrupt Nigerian government inhibited equal education angering the youth fueling the already injured psyche of Nigerian children into adult terrorist organizations. The problem of child weapons in Nigeria roots back to corrupted educational and governmental systems. The poor example called the state of Nigeria taught youth that violence solved problems and oppression strengthened leadership. It was no wonder the children of Nigeria once abused by their own grew up to be terrorists. The answer to this problem, outlined by the United Nations guidelines on war crimes against children, requires an upholding of Geneva Convention and UN rules by those with an interest in Nigeria.
Subject	:	African Studies; Islamic Studies; Military studies
Descriptor	:	Social sciences;Boko haram;Child weapons;Children as weapons of war;Nigeria;Radical islam;Terrorism
Added Entry	:	Gonnella, Cynthia
Added Entry	:	Utica College
	:	Cybersecurity