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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »