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Africa Subsaharan
UK rallies international support for Nigeria over Boko Haram
2018-12-15
[PULSE.NG] The United Kingdom has called for international support for Nigeria in the fight against the resurgence of the destructive activities of the 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...
terrorist group.

The UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Amb. Jonathan Allen, stated this at the Security Council Briefing on the UN Office for Central Africa.

Allen raised concern about the humanitarian and security situation in the wider Lake Chad Basin, which continued to deteriorate, in addition to the crisis in 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...
He said: "The United Kingdom has played its part in providing humanitarian support, as well as significant support particularly to assist the Nigerian security forces in the fight against Boko Haram and Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
West Africa (ISWA), but this matter needs the ongoing focus and support of the international community.

"The deteriorating security situation in northeast Nigeria
... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border...
is of particular concern, and one I note shared by the Secretary-General.

"ISWA has increased the frequency, range and sophistication of their attacks and has attacked forward operating military bases in North East Nigeria.

"The execution by ISWA of humanitarian workers such as Saifura Khorsa and Hauwa Liman, who were both kidnapped while providing antenatal care to communities in desperate need is a telling reminder of the brutality of ISWA’s activities".
Posted by:Fred

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