This report is based on data collected from December 2020 to March 2021, as part of a phone survey with a representative sample of 2,963 community members from key locations in and around the Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) in Borno State, Nigeria.
It presents data around community receptivity to and perceptions about individuals who exit Boko Haram. This report builds on published findings that indicate that people are generally accepting of former Boko Haram associates, but delves into what social acceptance means in practice and how it translates into the way people interact with former armed group associates in their daily lives.
These insights are unique as this data is collected in ongoing conflict, while reintegration is actively happening, and communities in and around Maiduguri are receiving those who exit Boko Haram and other armed groups.
This publication can be downloaded from the UNU-CPR website.
Citation: Rebecca Littman, Siobhan O’Neil, Kato Van Broeckhoven, Zoe Marks, and Fatima Yetcha Ajimi Badu (2021) "Social, Economic, and Civic Reintegration of Former Boko Haram Affiliates", MEAC Findings Report 10, United Nations University, New York.