Yobe State and the Ecology of Insurgency: Poverty, Climate Stress, and Violent Extremism

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Hussaini Ibn Mohammed (PhD) (2026). Yobe State and the Ecology of Insurgency: Poverty, Climate Stress, and Violent Extremism. British Journal of Advanced Research, 1(1). https://doi.org/Pending

Hussaini Ibn Mohammed (PhD). "Yobe State and the Ecology of Insurgency: Poverty, Climate Stress, and Violent Extremism." British Journal of Advanced Research, vol. 1, no. 1, 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/Pending

Hussaini Ibn Mohammed (PhD). "Yobe State and the Ecology of Insurgency: Poverty, Climate Stress, and Violent Extremism." British Journal of Advanced Research 1, no. 1 (2026). https://doi.org/Pending

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