@article{fdi:010075317,
  title = {"{T}he only good jihadist is a dead jihadist" : {B}oko {H}aram and de-radicalization around {L}ake {C}had},
  author = {{P}{\'e}rouse de {M}ontclos, {M}arc-{A}ntoine},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his article discusses the shortcomings of the "de-radicalization doctrine" in sub-{S}aharan {A}frica. {T}he issues raised are illustrated by the war against {B}oko {H}aram, which involves {N}igeria, {N}iger, {C}had and {C}ameroon. {R}elying on interviews with security officers, insurgents, civil servants, displaced people, humanitarian workers and {M}uslim and {C}hristian clerics in {N}igeria, {N}iger and {C}had since 2005, the investigation shows that the four states focused on repression rather than demobilisation programs in prison or outdoors. {T}he {B}oko {H}aram crisis is mainly a story of mismanagement. {T}he article thus challenges the assumptions of the "de-radicalization doctrine" in {M}uslim {A}frica {S}outh of the {S}ahara. {F}irst, attempts to de-radicalize jihadi terrorists tend to focus too much on religious fanaticism and the exegesis of the {Q}uran. {S}econdly, they are neither feasible nor efficient. {F}inally, they obscure priorities that are more important to counter extremism and demobilize insurgents.},
  keywords = {{B}oko {H}aram ; de-radicalization ; {N}igeria ; {N}iger ; {C}had ; {C}ameroon ; {TCHAD} ; {NIGER} ; {NIGERIA} ; {CAMEROUN} ; {AFRIQUE} {SUBSAHARIENNE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{S}mall {W}ars and {I}nsurgencies},
  volume = {29},
  numero = {5-6},
  pages = {863--885},
  ISSN = {0959-2318},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1080/09592318.2018.1519297},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010075317},
}