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The Asymmetric Nature of Boko Haram Insurgency and Its Implications on Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law

Boko Haram is a brutal and rapacious Islamic insurgency group which began in Maiduguri, Borno State, Northern Nigeria around 2002 and has been declared as an international terrorist organization and described as having links with a dreaded terrorist group, the Al Queda by the United States of America.The group is adverse to Western influence and education in the northern part of Nigeria, seeks to introduce Sharia law and wants to replace government rule in order to establish a Caliphate within the northern region .In an attempt to undermine the government, Boko Haram is employing all forms of …