Boko Haram's War on the Children of West Africa : West Africa - Regional Analysis

Children are not merely collateral damage in the jihadist rebel group Boko Haram's incursions into Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria and other West African countries. With a goal of destabilising society so that they might fill a vacuum with an Islamic totalitarian state, the terrorists intend to destroy the region's youngest generation by abduction, enforced ignorance, rape and starvation.