Samaila Suleiman

For my PhD thesis at SOAS University of London, I analysed all major civilian locations attacked by Boko Haram between May 2011 and December 2020. The analysis was based on data from the Nigerian Security Tracker (NST), compiled by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in the United States. The data reveal that during this period, Boko Haram attacked 83 churches, resulting in 1,521 deaths, and 72 mosques, resulting in 2,017 deaths. The chart below, which forms part of my PhD thesis, presents the annual breakdown of these attacks—showing both the number of churches and mosques targeted and the corresponding fatalities recorded each year.

🚨ELON MUSK: "I think the value of a college education is somewhat overweighted. Too many people spend four years, accumulate a ton of debt and often don't have useful skills that they can apply afterwards. I have a lot of respect for people who work with their hands and we need electricians and plumbers and carpenters and that's a lot more important than having incremental political science majors. I think we should not have this idea that in order to be successful you need a four year college degree."