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Africa Subsaharan
Chad Merchants Say Boko Haram Attacks Hurt Economic Activity
2016-01-27
[VOA News] Economic activity has been paralyzed in Chad and northern Cameroon
...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there...
 following frequent 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...
 attacks on trucks transporting goods from Nigeria's Borno state to the two central African nations. During the latest attack, suspected Boko Haram members diverted three trucks transporting goods to Chad through Cameroon to an unknown destination.
*Bang! Bang! Bangetty-bang!*
"THIS IS A STICK-UP! Open up and give us your keys!"
"Dammit -- maize and groundnuts, again! And orange juice. The boys want steak -- or at least chicken -- like we used to get every day. They're saying Allah doesn't love us anymore."
This marks a change of strategy after the terrorist group started targeting mosques in Cameroon.
Q: What's the difference between jihadis and criminal?
A: Jihadis quote the Koran while they do bad things.
Naffissa Adja, a sales agent at Arab supplies, one of the most popular shops in N'djamena, says she still waits to be paid last month's salary, as the shop has not received supplies from Nigeria's Borno state for several months.

She has not been paid because business is slow due to regular attacks on the shop's supply trucks.

Truck driver Tocba Haman, 45, says he no longer travels to Nigeria for supplies because the Boko Haram terrorist group targets trucks and kills drivers.
Meanwhile, back at the hijacking:
"Dammit, you idiot! Next time shoot them after they get out of the trucks -- the blood is soaking through my pants again!"
As the bully boyz continue to control Nigerian villages, seizing goods and killing traders -- especially around Borno state -- business activity will continue to decline in Chad, Haman says, even with the heavy presence of the military along roads and markets.
Posted by:Fred

#2  I remember when TW was the new innocent (albeit sharp-clawed) periwinkle mod.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-01-27 16:14  

#1  NaffissaAdja, a sales agent at Arab supplies, one of the most popular shops in N'djamena, says she still waits to be paid last month's salary, as the shop has not received supplies

"We're almost completely out of Seething and Hate"
Posted by: Frank G   2016-01-27 09:33  

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