Terrorism in Nigeria

Nigeria is one of the countries with the highest terrorism threat levels in the world. Furthermore, it records the second largest number of deaths related to terrorism worldwide. Even if deaths due to terrorism experienced a decrease, Nigeria's deadliest terrorist group, Boko Haram, became more dangerous and the number of attacks to both civil and military targets increased. This report gives an overview on terrorism in Nigeria. In particular, the first chapter provides data on terrorism worldwide and in Africa. Thereafter, this report focuses on domestic terrorism and on the most active groups, such as Boko Haram and Fulani extremists. Eventually, data show the economic cost terrorism has in Nigeria as well as in other African countries.