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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Vows to Attack Niger, Chad
Vanguard, 18 February 2015
The Nigeria-based extremist group Boko Haram Monday threatened neighbouring countries Niger and Chad, warning the fighters were prepared to carry out suicide bombings in the… Read more »
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Central Africa:
Central African States Rally Against Boko Haram
DW, 17 February 2015
Leaders of Central African states have been meeting in Cameroon to discuss countering the Boko Haram insurgency. The militants have threatened to send suicide bombers into… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Leader Vows to Disrupt Nigeria Election - New Video
Vanguard, 18 February 2015
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau vowed to disrupt Nigeria's general election in a new video released Tuesday, after two suicide attacks in the northeast blamed on the Islamists… Read more »
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West Africa:
West Africa Must Fight Boko Haram With International Support - Ibn Chambas
Daily Trust, 16 February 2015
UN Special Representative for West Africa Mohammed Ibn Chambas has urged Lake Chad basin countries to "aggressively" tackle Nigerian militant group Boko Haram themselves. The envoy… Read more »
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Nigeria:
U.S. Fighting Isis but Refusing to Send Troops Against Boko Haram - Jonathan
Premium Times, 17 February 2015
In what appears an admittance of Nigeria's inability to deal with the terror group, Boko Haram, President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to the United States to send troops to take… Read more »
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Nigeria:
How to Break Boko Haram - Gen Gumi
Leadership, 18 February 2015
A general of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier-General Barr AbdulQadir Abubakar Gumi (rtd), has suggested the direct debating engagement with Boko Haram on its ideology, beliefs and… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram and the Kanuri Factor
African Arguments, 16 February 2015
Over five and a half years after Boko Haram launched its insurrection, many questions concerning the Salafi-jihadi movement persist. Boko Haram's center of activity, northeastern… Read more »
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Nigeria:
For Boko Haram's Victims, Charity Begins At Home
UNIRIN, 16 February 2015
Mohammed Abubaker is angry. Ten months ago, he was a businessman with a comfortable life in Nigeria's northeastern border town of Gwoza. Now he's homeless, his life turned upside… Read more »
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Nigeria:
UN Condemns Boko Haram Attacks
Daily Trust, 16 February 2015
The members of the United Nations Security Council have condemned the conti-nued escalation of attacks perpetrated by Boko Haram terrorists, including the one on Ngouboua, Chad,… Read more »
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Cameroon:
Copax - FCFA 50 Billion to Combat Boko Haram
Cameroon Tribune, 17 February 2015
The only fight that matters is that for the dignity of the African, and the Boko Haram sect will not have the right to exist in the precincts of the Economic Community of Central… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Violence, Death and Injustice - A Beginner's Guide to Human Rights in Nigeria
AI London, 16 February 2015
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Nigeria:
Nigerian Troops Recapture Mongonu, Marte, Intensify Battle for Other Towns
This Day, 17 February 2015
Central African leaders meet on Boko Haram Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigerian Terror Confimed As Major Cause of Displacements
CAJ News, 17 February 2015
TERRORIST attacks launched by the militant Boko Haram sect have been revealed as the most leading factor responsible for the displacement of persons in Nigeria. Read more »
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Cameroon:
Massive Attendance Against a Common Enemy
Cameroon Tribune, 17 February 2015
ECCAS officials, population and dance groups thronged the Conference Centre yesterday, February 16, 2015. Read more »