This report details how climate change, insecurity and displacement intertwine to affect the lives of people leaving Boko Haram in the Lake Chad Basin region.
While these three issue are frequently discussed when it comes to recruitment, the details of how they affect reintegration of former associates have yet to be comprehensively addressed by research, policy and practice.
This report from the Managing Exits from Armed Conflict Project seeks to make reintegration programmes more effective by ensuring that they reflect the real challenges faced by former associates of Boko Haram.
The report's findings are informed by qualitative research based on 183 interviews (84 women and 99 men) conducted between February and October 2024, in the far North region of Cameroon and the Lac Region of Chad.
Citation: Chitra Nagarajan, Francesca Batault, Siobhan O’Neil, Kato Van Broeckhoven, Remadji Hoinathy, Célestin Dalanga and Douvagaï, “Climate, Insecurity and Displacement: Triple Barriers to the Reintegration of Former Boko Haram Associates”, Findings Report 42, UNIDIR, Geneva, 2025, https://doi.org/10.37559/MEAC/25/02
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