What would make a woman go back to Boko Haram? Despair | Azadeh Moaveni
by Azadeh Moaveni from World news | The Guardian on (#46Y2H)
In northeastern Nigeria, the militant group exploits a broken social system. There are lessons here for the rest of the world
Zahra and Amina seem like lucky survivors of the scourge of northeastern Nigeria, the jihadist movement known as Boko Haram. Both were wives of fighters. Zahra escaped by agreeing to detonate an explosive vest that the militants strapped to her. After walking miles to her intended target, a government checkpoint, she turned herself over to soldiers. Amina fled with her three children after her husband was killed in battle.
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