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Thousands of Nigerians Flee Northeast Town After Boko Haram Raid
[BUSINESSWEEK] More than 15,000 people have fled their homes in northeastern Nigeria since an attack last week by suspected Islamist Lions of Islam that left at least 21 people dead, said an emergency official.Residents are fleeing from Damboa and areas surrounding the town in fear for their lives, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, a front man for the National Emergency Management Agency in Borno state, told news hounds today in Maiduguri, the region's capital. Nigerian security forces are struggling to contain a five-year insurgency by the Lion of Islam group Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... , which means "western education is a sin" in the local Hausa language. The banner of the group, which is fighting to impose Islamic law on Africa's top oil producer, was hoisted in Damboa after the attack on July 18. The trading town, located about 85 kilometers (53 miles) outside Maiduguri, is under Boko Haram's control, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported today, citing a local vigilante leader it didn't identify. Troops are preparing to "reverse current insecurity" in the Damboa area, Defense Ministry front man Major-General Chris Olukolade said today in an e-mailed statement. "The Nigerian military will not concede any portion of this country to any such group" he said. Posted by: Fred 2014-07-22 |
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