ABSTRACT
Some studies on religious violence, particularly the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, have examined its historical and political implications (See Loimeier 2012; Okemi 2013; Burchard 2014). However, stance-taking in discourse, especially of radical and terrorist groups in Africa in the context of computer-mediated communication (CMC) and their broader political implications, is almost non-existent. Hence, certain questions about online behaviours of radicalist (or terrorist) groups in Nigeria, Mali, Somalia or Sudan have not really been answered. For example, how have these groups utilized the Internet or social media to spread their ideologies in an attempt to solicit for supports of or radicalize other Internet users? What stance do they take and how do they position themselves in CMD that they produce given the overwhelming influence of information technology in modern (political) communication?
