False Hope Over the Imminent Defeat of Boko Haram - Conflict in Northeastern Nigeria Remains in Flux : West Africa - Issue In Focus - : West Africa - Issue in Focus

Abstract

The Nigerian military's victory over Boko Haram at Konduga in September 2014 marked a potential change in the flow of the ongoing conflict in north-eastern Nigeria, highlighted by the announcement of a tentative ceasefire on 16 October. However, that ceasefire announcement appears to lack any substance, and the Konduga defeat has not ended the insurgency.