August 13, 2015
August 13, 2015
Robyn Dixon, journalist with the Los Angeles Times, interviewed Yan St-Pierre for her article “Boko Haram mystery: Where – or who – is African terrorist group’s leader?“, which discusses the Chadian President’s statement that Boko Haram has been “decapitated”.
St-Pierre describes Boko Haram as a loose umbrella group consisting of complex factions, each with its own leader, which cooperate at times on ideological, business and criminal grounds. It would be more accurate to say the group is led by a committee or council than by one dominant figure, he added. It’s not even clear whether Daoud speaks for one small faction or a broader group.
“Really the crux of the problem is that Boko Haram is not a homogeneous group,” St-Pierre said. “It’s not a top-down organization structured in response to one leader. There are many factions and many groups that work together for ideological or business interests.”
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