Sven Botha
Biographic Data
| ID | 3087082 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sven Botha |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sven |
| FAMILY NAME | Botha |
| SIGNATURE | BOTHA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3957-9086 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Boko Haram’s Terrorist Campaign in Nigeria
Boko Haram has fast become one of the world’s most notorious terrorist groups. The longevity of Boko Haram, coupled with its dynamic nature, necessitates that scholars keep abreast with a vast and intersectional array of developments. As a result, much ink has been spilt providing analysis and insight into the group’s motives, activities, internal politics, tactics, and future trajectories. Boko Haram’s ever-green endurance both in Nigeria and th…
The women and girls associated with Boko Haram
Following the Chibok abductions of April 2014, the involvement of women and girls in the Boko Haram insurgency has increased, as has the subsequent analysis of them in both the academic and the grey literature. Contributions have mainly focused on how women and girls have been incorporated into – or used by – Boko Haram. In contrast, this article focuses on the response of the Nigerian government to the plight of women and girls that have become …
(Counter-) terrorism in Africa
As the new decade dawns, Africa remains a key frontier for terrorist activity with ongoing terrorist campaigns in Nigeria, Kenya and Somalia, among other places, while new insurgencies have emerged in the Central African Republic and Mozambique. This article provides an introduction to this special issue on terrorism and counter-terrorism in Africa, highlighting the need to review African response(s) to terrorism as the problem worsens. While Afr…
Crisis of Threat or Crisis of Opportunity? Bringing Nigeria and Cameroon Together to Resolve Mass Migration
The Boko Haram Insurgency in Western Africa has displaced an estimated 3,4 million people across Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger. In January 2019 an estimated 30,000 Nigerians fled the town of Rann fearing a ‘visit’ by Boko Haram. Such occurrences place an additional strain on already strained relationships, as is the case with Nigeria and Cameroon. The reaction of Cameroon to the mass wave of migration has been dominantly realist, with desper…
Why women rebel
Women have come to play a critical role in the proliferation of terrorism, and this phenomenon results in the emergence of many questions: what drives female participation in armed rebel groups? Wh
Extremisms in Africa
The women and girls associated with Boko Haram
Following the Chibok abductions of April 2014, the involvement of women and girls in the Boko Haram insurgency has increased, as has the subsequent analysis of them in both the academic and the grey literature. Contributions have mainly focused on how women and girls have been incorporated into – or used by – Boko Haram. In contrast, this article focuses on the response of the Nigerian government to the plight of women and girls that have become …
(Counter-) terrorism in Africa
As the new decade dawns, Africa remains a key frontier for terrorist activity with ongoing terrorist campaigns in Nigeria, Kenya and Somalia, among other places, while new insurgencies have emerged in the Central African Republic and Mozambique. This article provides an introduction to this special issue on terrorism and counter-terrorism in Africa, highlighting the need to review African response(s) to terrorism as the problem worsens. While Afr…
Extremisms in Africa
Why women rebel
Women have come to play a critical role in the proliferation of terrorism, and this phenomenon results in the emergence of many questions: what drives female participation in armed rebel groups? Wh
Crisis of Threat or Crisis of Opportunity? Bringing Nigeria and Cameroon Together to Resolve Mass Migration
The Boko Haram Insurgency in Western Africa has displaced an estimated 3,4 million people across Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, and Niger. In January 2019 an estimated 30,000 Nigerians fled the town of Rann fearing a ‘visit’ by Boko Haram. Such occurrences place an additional strain on already strained relationships, as is the case with Nigeria and Cameroon. The reaction of Cameroon to the mass wave of migration has been dominantly realist, with desper…
The women and girls associated with Boko Haram
Following the Chibok abductions of April 2014, the involvement of women and girls in the Boko Haram insurgency has increased, as has the subsequent analysis of them in both the academic and the grey literature. Contributions have mainly focused on how women and girls have been incorporated into – or used by – Boko Haram. In contrast, this article focuses on the response of the Nigerian government to the plight of women and girls that have become …
(Counter-) terrorism in Africa
As the new decade dawns, Africa remains a key frontier for terrorist activity with ongoing terrorist campaigns in Nigeria, Kenya and Somalia, among other places, while new insurgencies have emerged in the Central African Republic and Mozambique. This article provides an introduction to this special issue on terrorism and counter-terrorism in Africa, highlighting the need to review African response(s) to terrorism as the problem worsens. While Afr…
Boko Haram’s Terrorist Campaign in Nigeria
Boko Haram has fast become one of the world’s most notorious terrorist groups. The longevity of Boko Haram, coupled with its dynamic nature, necessitates that scholars keep abreast with a vast and intersectional array of developments. As a result, much ink has been spilt providing analysis and insight into the group’s motives, activities, internal politics, tactics, and future trajectories. Boko Haram’s ever-green endurance both in Nigeria and th…
Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Terrorism (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Boko haram (2 works)