| #BringBackOurGirls: Addressing the growing threat of Boko Haram Contributor(s): Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Author) |
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ISBN: 1500425540 ISBN-13: 9781500425548 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Terrorism |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.20 lbs) 58 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The testimony contained in this report chronicles the growing threat of Boko Haram in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa. Testimony was given by Ambassador Robert P. Jackson, the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Earl Gast, Assistant Administrator for Africa, United States Agency for International Development, Alice Friend, Principal Director for African Affairs for the DoD, and Lantana Adbullahi from Search for Common Ground. Boko Haram is a terrorist organization based in Nigeria founded in 2002 by Mohammed Yusuf. The goal of the group is to establish a "pure" Islamic State while putting an end to "Westernization." |