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In this file photo taken, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 file photo, Nigeria secret service officers stand guard, during a court hearing in Lagos, Nigeria.
2014 Boko Haram attacks   Boko Haram in Borno   Photos   Terrorism in Nigeria   Wikipedia: Islamist insurgency in Nigeria   		 The Guardian 
Wearing disguise, Boko Haram slaughters hundreds
Thu 5 Jun 2014
HARUNA UMAR | Associated Press= MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — When men wearing military fatigues and carrying weapons showed up in pickup trucks, villagers thought Nigerian soldiers had finally come ... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Bodies of people alleged to have been killed in a Friday attack on a town hall meeting of the Christian Igbo ethnic group lie on the floor in a hospital morgue in Mubi, in the Adamawa state of northern Nigeria, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. The town hall attack, which left at least 20 dead, is one of a string of deadly attacks claimed by radical Muslim sect Boko Haram.
Militant Attack   Nigeria   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Boko Haram   		 Belfast Telegraph 
Boko Haram militants 'kill 200'
Thu 5 Jun 2014
Boko Haram militants dressed as soldiers have killed at least 200 civilians in three communities in north-eastern Nigeria and the military failed to intervene even though it was warned an attack was i... (photo: AP)
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, is escorted by the Governor of Riyadh Prince Khalid Bandar bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud, right, during his departure on Air Force One at King Khalid International airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, March 29, 2014.  The Washington Post  Tue 27 May 2014
U.S.-Saudi relations still strained by Syria
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The worst rupture in 40 years in U.S.-Saudi relations has been eased — but not healed — by a series of measures aimed at restoring damaged trust. | In a sign o... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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A police officer stands guard as people attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria, Thursday, May 22, 2014.  New Straits/Business Times  Tue 27 May 2014
Nigerian defense chief says abducted girls located
ABUJA: Nigeria’s military has located nearly 300 school girls abducted by Islamic extremists but fears using force to try to free them could get them killed, the country’s chief of defense said Mo... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
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The Nigerians United Against Terrorism group attend a demonstration calling on the government to rescue the kidnapped girls of the government secondary school in Chibok, in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, May 26, 2014. Detroit news Mon 26 May 2014
Nigeria: Kidnapped girls found, not freed
Michelle Faul Associated Press Comments | Abuja, Nigeria— Nigeria’s military has located nearly 300 school girls abducted by Islamic extremists but fears using force to t... (photo: AP / Gbenga Olamikan)
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A truck promotes the #BringBackOurGirls hash tag used by protesters of the 2014 Chibok kidnapping Business Insider Mon 26 May 2014
Nigerian Military On Kidnapped School Girls: 'We know where they are, but we cannot tell you'
Nigeria's military knows where the more than 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram are but has ruled out using force to rescue them, the state news agency quote... (photo: Creative Commons / Public Domain / VOA - Medina Dauda)
2014 Chibok kidnapping   Bring Back Our Girls   Photos   Terrorism in Nigeria   Wikipedia: 2014 Chibok kidnapping  
President Jacob Zuma, arrives for his inauguration ceremony in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday May, 24, 2014. Zuma was sworn in to serve a second term after the country's fifth democratic elections. Belfast Telegraph Sat 24 May 2014
Ceremony marks Zuma's second term
Jacob Zuma has been sworn in for a second term as South Africa's president in a ceremony marked by prayer and air force flyovers. | Leaders from Nigeria, Zimbabwe and oth... (photo: AP / Mujahid Safodien, Pool)
Elections   Photos   Politics   SAfrica   Wikipedia: Jacob Zuma  
File - In this photo taken with a mobile phone on Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, police look down on a burnt out army personal carrier following an attack by Boko Haram in in Damaturu, Nigeria. Belfast Telegraph Fri 23 May 2014
UN brands Boko Haram a terror group
The United Nations has officially declared Boko Haram a terrorist group linked to al Qaida. | The world body's Security Council also imposed sanctions against the Islamis... (photo: AP)
Boko Haram   Nigerian Conflict   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
Special event on Equality for women is progress for all , on the occasion of the International Womens Day-8 March, organized by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women)Participants: Mr. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General; Mr. John W. Ashe, President of the 68th session of the UN General Assembly; H.E. Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Former United States Secretary of State, U.S. Senator; Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women; and, Mr. Andrea Nunez, Vice President of the World YWCA Board.Moderated by? Chosunilbo Fri 23 May 2014
UN Blacklists Nigerian Militant Group Boko Haram
The UN Security Council, acting at the request of Nigeria, on Thursday imposed sanctions on Boko Haram in a bid to cut off funding and weapons to the extremist group. | N... (photo: UN / JC McIlwaine)
2014 Chibok kidnapping   Boko Haram   Photos   United Nations   Wikipedia: Boko Haram  
File - A Nigerian policeman stands guard by burned out cars and houses, following an attack by suspected Islamic extremists - Boko Haram - in Kawuri, Maiduguri, Nigeria, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. STL Today Thu 22 May 2014
UN approves sanctions on Boko Haram as search for Nigerian girls continues
UNITED NATIONS • The U.N. Security Council officially declared on Thursday that Boko Haram is a terrorist group linked to al-Qaida and imposed sanctions against the Isl... (photo: AP / Jossy Ola)
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Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks to the Partnership for Public Service´s annual DC Summer Intern Town Hall Meeting on making a difference through public service, in Washington in this July 26, 2006 file photo. When Obama heads to Africa for a five The Examiner Thu 22 May 2014
Obama dispatches troops to Africa to help search for abducted Nigerian girls
The abduction of some 300 schoolgirls by the terrorist group Boko Haram is a humanitarian tragedy. Of that there is no question. What is questionable, however, is whether... (photo: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Barack Obama   Boko Haram   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: 2014 Chibok kidnapping  


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