- 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 Islamic state
- Thousands killed, mostly in north-eastern Nigeria - also attacked police and UN headquarters in capital, Abuja
- Some three million people affected
- Declared terrorist group by US in 2013
- Boko Haramhttp://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29782397
Monday, October 27, 2014
Nigeria's Boko Haram 'sends girls to front line'
500 women are held hostage since 2009. Abductions keep increasings which means there are more threats.
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