Thursday, September 4, 2014


Letter from Africa: Nigeria's Boko Haram wounds army's pride



http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29014513

Military officers walk past the remains of a car after an explosion on 23 July 2014 in Kaduna, north of Nigeria.



Who are Boko Haram?
  • Founded in 2002
  • Initially focused on opposing Western education - Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" in the Hausa language
  • Launched military operations in 2009 to create an Islamic state
  • Thousands killed, mostly in north-eastern Nigeria - but also attacks on police and UN headquarters in capital, Abuja
  • Some three million people affected
  • Declared terrorist group by US in 2013
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29014513











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