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Nigeria:
Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Boko Haram to Its Sanctions List
UN, 22 May 2014
On 22 May 2014, the Security Council's Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee approved the addition of Boko Haram to its list of individuals and entities subject to the targeted financial… Read more »
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Nigeria:
UN Security Council Blacklists Boko Haram
DW, 22 May 2014
Boko Haram has been designated as a branch of al Qaeda by the United Nations Security Council. The Nigeria-based cell now faces strong sanctions as a result, but it remains unclear… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Coalition Against Boko Haram - Great Britain Prepares Follow-Up Summit
Cameroon Tribune, 22 May 2014
The British Minister for Africa in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Hon. Mark Simmonds, who was in the country on the invitation of President Paul Biya, said the meeting… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Thinking Beyond Boko Haram
Premium Times, 23 May 2014
As a Muslim, I feel personally embarrassed by the kind of evil that Boko Haram has perpetrated in the name of my religion. Read more »
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Nigeria:
UK Welcomes UN Sanctions Against Boko Haram
CAJ News, 22 May 2014
THE United Kingdom has welcomed the move by the United Nations Security Council's Al Qaida Sanctions Committee to approve the addition of Boko Haram to its list of groups subject… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Ruling Party Hopes UN Blacklists Boko Haram
VOA, 21 May 2014
Nigeria's ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) is hopeful the United Nations Security Council's Al-Qaida sanctions committee will place sanctions on militant group Boko Haram at… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigeria Seeks UN Blacklist of Boko Haram
Daily Trust, 21 May 2014
Nigeria has formally asked the UN Security Council al Qaeda sanctions committee to blacklist the militant group Boko Haram after the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls, UN… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigeria Formally Asks United Nations to Blacklist Boko Haram
Premium Times, 20 May 2014
The Nigerian government has formally asked the United Nations Security Council to blacklist the extremist group, Boko Haram. Read more »
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Nigeria:
FG Asks UN to Blacklist Boko Haram
Leadership, 21 May 2014
The federal government has formally asked the United Nations Security Council Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee to blacklist the Boko Haram group after the kidnapping of hundreds of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Treat Boko Haram Like Al-Qaeda - France
Vanguard, 23 May 2014
FRANCE, yesterday, declared that the Boko Haram sect will be treated like Al-Qaeda, just as the sect's members, again, killed 29 people in a Borno border village. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - President Jonathan Plays the Al-Qaeda Card
ThinkAfricaPress, 22 May 2014
By telling the world that he is fighting al-Qaeda, Jonathan is trying to paint his government - which has failed to combat Boko Haram - as an unlikely hero in a global war. Read more »
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Nigeria:
UN Security Council Meets Over Boko Haram
Independent (Lagos), 21 May 2014
The United Nations (UN)Security Council is to meet today to decide the status of Boko Haram. Coordinator of the National Information Centre, Mike Omeri, disclosed this on Wednesday… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Obama Should Use His Waiver Authority and Help Nigeria
This Day, 22 May 2014
President Barack Obama was Wednesday urged to waive US laws limiting its desire to help Nigeria in the fight against Boko Haram. The Chairman of the US House of Representatives… Read more »