1st Edition

Deradicalisation and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Northeast Nigeria Countering Boko Haram's Extremism

By Usman Sambo, Babayo Sule Copyright 2025
264 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book analyses the deradicalisation and peacebuilding programme undertaken in north-east Nigeria, following the Boko Haram insurgency in the region. The intensity of the insurgents’ violence necessitated measures to combat fundamentalism, including military operations, amnesty, deradicalisation and other strategies. Focusing on the counter-insurgency operations and the various government... Read more

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Perspectives on Radicalisation
Chapter 3: Deradicalisation
Chapter 4: The Reintegration Process
Chapter 5: Boko Haram Insurgency in Northeast Nigeria
Chapter 6: Strategies for Combating Boko Haram Insurgency
Chapter 7: Deradicalisation Policies of the Nigerian Government
Chapter 8: The Intellectual Response of Ulama in Countering Boko Haram Terrorism
Chapter 9: Peacebuilding in Northeast Nigeria
Chapter 10: Conclusion
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Biography

Usman Sambo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Administration, Yobe State University, Damaturu. He is the co-author of Presidential Elections in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic (2024).

Babayo Sule is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of International Relations at the Federal University of Kashere Gombe State Nigeria. He is the author of Political Party Financing and Electoral Politics in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic (2023) and Presidential Elections in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic (2024).