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Borno State

State of Nigeria

For 20th century traditional state, see Borno Emirate.

For municipality in Italy, see Borno, Lombardy.

State in Nigeria

Borno is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria. It is bordered by Yobe to the west for about 421 km, Gombe to the southwest for 93 km, and Adamawa to the south while its eastern border forms part of the national border withCameroon for about 426 km (265 miles, partly across the Ebedi and Kalia Rivers). Its northern border forms part of the national border withNiger for about 223 km, mostly across the Komadougou-Yobe River, and its northeastern border forms all of the national border withChad for 85 km (53 miles). It is the only Nigerian state to border up to three countries. It takes its name from the historic emirate of Borno, with the emirate's old capital of Maiduguri serving as the capital city of Borno State. The state was formed in 1976 when the former North-Eastern State was broken up. It originally included the area that is now Yobe State, which became a distinct state in 1991

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A History of Borno

Description

Borno (in northeast Nigeria) is notorious today as the home of an Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, whose insurgency is a major security threat, but it was once the heartland of the Kanuri-speaking royal empire of Kanem-Borno, renowned throughout Africa and beyond, which in its later incarnation, the Bornu Empire, lasted from 1380 to 1893. This book offers the reader the first modern history of Borno, drawing upon sources in London, Berlin, Paris, Kaduna and Maiduguri and recently released ‘migrated archives’.

As its longevity suggests, what is particularly remarkable about Borno is the permanence of its boundaries—its territorial integrity—which dates back centuries, and the political and social identities that such borders framed in the minds of its inhabitants.

Table of contents

Introduction

  1. The Territory of Borno in the Nineteenth Century (1810-1893)
  2. All Paths Lead to Borno
  3. The Quest for a Territorial Framework
  4. The Resurrection of Borno (1902-1960)
  5. The Reunion of Dikwa and Borno (1916-1959)
  6. The Two Plebiscites of 1959 and 19
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    COMMON ANALYSIS

    Last update: October 2021

    Borno state is composed of 27 LGAs and its capital is Maiduguri city. The state’s estimated population was 5 860 183 in 2016.

    Borno state was the birthplace of Boko Haram in 2002 and, together with Yobe and Adamawa, the area where the group’s activities are mostly concentrated. The main actors in this conflict are, on one hand, Boko Haram/JAS and ISWAP and, on the other hand, the Nigerian security forces. There are also community militia groups, particularly CJTF, active in Borno state. Although Boko Haram has been pushed by Nigerian military forces out of several states in the North-East region, it continues to retain control over some villages and pockets of territory in Borno and taxes residents. The introduction of the strategy of ‘super camps’, in which the soldiers were withdrawn from remote communities and retreated in their fortified camps after curfew, has succeeded in reducing security forces’ casualties; however, in the evenings, ISWAP appears to have close to free rein in the countryside and smaller towns. In 202

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