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Author: Jacob Zenn

Jacob Zenn

Jacob Zenn is an adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at The Jamestown Foundation. He was formerly an EU countering violent extremism strategic communications adviser in Nigeria and mapped Boko Haram’s organisational structure for the Swiss Embassy in Nigeria. He tweets at @BokoWatch.

  • NigeriaPolitics
    By Jacob Zenn
    November 7, 2019
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    What does the death of IS leader al-Baghdadi mean for Boko Haram?

    Will members of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) stay or defect? Their decision will have far-reaching implications. On 25 October, the “caliph” of so-called Islamic ...
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  • The August 2011 Boko Haram bombing outside the UN building in Nigeria's capital Abuja killed at least 21 people. Credit: Gbemiga Olamikan.
    NigeriaPoliticsTop story
    By Jacob Zenn
    July 23, 2019
    2530
    1

    Where will Boko Haram go next after ten years of moving around?

    In the past decade, Boko Haram has gone from a village in Yobe, to attacking major cities, to bedding in around Lake Chad. Ten years ago ...
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  • In November 2018, Abubakar Shekau appeared in a video for the first time since July.
    NigeriaSocietyTop story
    By Jacob Zenn
    December 10, 2018
    4278
    4

    Is Boko Haram’s notorious leader about to return from the dead again?

    Two years ago, Islamic State expelled Shekau from its West Africa “province” for being too hard-line. Is it preparing to reverse course?  Since 2009, when Boko ...
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  • Politics
    By Jacob Zenn
    September 20, 2016
    6875
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    Making sense of Boko Haram’s different factions: Who, how and why?

    How do Boko Haram’s separate factions differ in term of operations and ideology? The Islamist militant group Jamaat Ahlis Sunna liDawatti wal Jihad – known as ...
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  • NigeriaPolitics
    By Jacob Zenn
    January 5, 2016
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    Boko Haram is not “defeated” but Buhari’s strategy is working

    Boko Haram may be on the back foot compared to a year ago, but the group has adapted and bounced back before. It will do so again given ...
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