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NIGERIA: Horrifying Attacks

NIGERIA: Horrifying Attacks In the north‐east, mass murder and scorched‐earth attacks continue to undermine efforts to tackle the Boko Haram insurgency and hold elections. Violence continues unabated in Nigeria's embattled northeast. Boko Haram now reportedly controls the border areas of Borno state with Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Two suspected child suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowded market on January 11th – the second such attack in two days linked to Boko Haram, in which young girls were strapped with explosives. Meanwhile, the Islamic extremist group has maintained the momentum of its more conventional attacks. In what could turn out to be the worst attack of the whole uprising, insurgents are thought to have killed hundreds of people in a major attack on January 3rd on the northern town of Baga, though the death toll was uncertain. Some reports said that as many as 2,000 people died in the raid and 3,700 homes and business destroyed, but the federal government put the toll at 150 including militants. Amnesty International 's Adotei Akwei told the BBC that although it was still difficult to access the area where the attack took place, the government was “grossly understating” the death toll. Protected by http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Wiley
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© 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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0001-9844
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1467-825X
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10.1111/j.1467-825X.2015.06086.x
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In the north‐east, mass murder and scorched‐earth attacks continue to undermine efforts to tackle the Boko Haram insurgency and hold elections. Violence continues unabated in Nigeria's embattled northeast. Boko Haram now reportedly controls the border areas of Borno state with Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Two suspected child suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowded market on January 11th – the second such attack in two days linked to Boko Haram, in which young girls were strapped with explosives. Meanwhile, the Islamic extremist group has maintained the momentum of its more conventional attacks. In what could turn out to be the worst attack of the whole uprising, insurgents are thought to have killed hundreds of people in a major attack on January 3rd on the northern town of Baga, though the death toll was uncertain. Some reports said that as many as 2,000 people died in the raid and 3,700 homes and business destroyed, but the federal government put the toll at 150 including militants. Amnesty International 's Adotei Akwei told the BBC that although it was still difficult to access the area where the attack took place, the government was “grossly understating” the death toll. Protected by

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: Feb 1, 2015

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