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Boko Haram
Africa facing terrorism “storm”–Senegalese president
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Nigeria
The military said 219 of the 276 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in April are still missing. During the attack, an additional 119 girls managed to avoid being abducted by the terror group, and 57 girls subsequently escaped their captors. A southern delegate noted the recent arrest of 486 suspected Boko Haram members traveling at night in 35 buses in Abia state, and recommended that security be heightened around oil installations in Port Harcourt and elsewhere in Rivers state; a northern delegate warned security agencies of possible retaliation by northern states.
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Nigeria
The military claimed that among 486 “travellers” arrested in Abia state who were riding in a “suspicious” convoy of over 30 buses was a wanted Boko Haram kingpin. A Northern Nigerian Traders leader claimed that the suspects were patriotic Nigerian traders. Eight women were among the 486 suspected Boko Haram members detained. A suspected Boko Haram bombing of a soccer viewing center in Yobe in Damaturu state yesterday killed 21 people and injured 27 more.
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Boko Haram kidnaps more women
Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped 20 women from a market in northeastern Nigeria as the group continues its terror campaign.
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Nigeria
A suspected Boko Haram bombing outside a military barracks in Gombe, the capital of Gombe state, killed at least three people. The government recently seized and destroyed copies of certain newspapers due to intelligence reports indicating that “materials with grave security implications” were being circulated by means of newsprint-related consignment; the move was criticized as a clampdown on press freedoms.
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Boko Haram
US State Department Ramps Up Efforts Against Boko Haram
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Boko Haram rampages unchecked in the Nigerian north
The jihadist group has killed more than 200 civilians in several villages in northeastern Nigeria over the past few days. Reports have emerged of collusion between Boko Haram and elements within the military.
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Boko Haram
Bullets in the classroom: Cameroon students caught in Boko Haram crossfire
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Nigeria
Boko Haram militants dressed in military uniforms killed dozens of civilians and razed several villages in Borno yesterday; one of the villages, Attagara, was also attacked by Boko Haram on June 1, but villagers had killed a number of the militants at that time. The Defense Ministry denied reports that 10 generals and five other senior military officers have been found guilty in courts-martial of providing arms and information to Boko Haram; many more officers are reportedly being tried on similar charges at a divisional level. Over the past year President Jonathan has apparently tried to eradicate Boko Haram sympathizers…
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Boko Haram
Nigeria schools walk line between Islamic and Western traditions
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Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants bombed a sports bar near a military special operations base in Mubi in Adamawa state yesterday, killing at least 18 people and injuring 19; a suspect has been arrested. Over 10 gunmen attacked worshipers at a church in Attangara in Borno state, killing nine people; vigilantes killed four of the attackers and captured three more. An Australian negotiator seeking the release of the kidnapped schoolgirls said some are ill and that most of the girls are being held in “several camps across the Nigerian border in Cameroon, Chad and Niger,” making a military operation to rescue…
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Boko Haram kills local Muslim leader in Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram militants shot and killed a local emir in an attack on a funeral convoy in northern Nigeria.
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Boko Haram
Cameroon weakest link in fight against Boko Haram: Nigeria
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Nigeria
President Jonathan said Nigerian forces will engage in a “full-scale” operation against Boko Haram. He also offered dialogue and reconciliation to those Nigerians who “joined hands with Al Qaeda and international terrorists” but wish to renounce violence and embrace peace. Boko Haram fighters attacked three villages in Borno state, killing at least 51 people and torching houses with petrol bombs. A former top US counterterrorism official said Boko Haram has killed at least seven people in each of its attacks in northeast Nigeria. A youth confessed to being paid to burn down houses in a Borno state village.
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Nigeria
Gunmen in Kogi state killed a monarch after dragging him out of his palace, and also killed a local vigilante head. Gunmen killed four people as they were sleeping in Wat village in Jos, and injured several others. Authorities arrested one suspect in the May 20 Jos market bombing. A Chibok official said four of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram have escaped; 219 girls are still missing.
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Al Qaeda
Boko Haram shows changing al Qaeda threat
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Nigeria
Boko Haram fighters attacked a military base and police barracks in Buni Yadi in Yobe state, killing at least 25 security personnel and 10 others, and setting fire to the base, the barracks, a courthouse, and the home of the district chief. Former president Olusegun Obasanjo met last week in Ogun state with Boko Haram contacts in an effort to negotiate the release of the kidnapped girls. Nigeria’s air defense chief said the military will not attempt to rescue the girls by force as it would endanger their lives, but that it had another strategy. He also noted that some…
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Nigeria
Nigeria pleads for ratification of arms treaty
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Nigeria
Nigeria’s defense chief said authorities know the location of the more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls but will not try to rescue them by force. President Jonathan’s government reportedly pulled out of a deal for the release of 50 of the girls in exchange for 100 Boko Haram prisoners. Senate President Mark has ruled out negotiation for the release of the girls. Suspected Boko Haram militants attacked villages in Adamawa and Borno, killing at least 44 civilians; and ambushed a military patrol in Plateau, killing four soldiers. A witness to a suicide car bombing attempt in Jos said a barricade prevented…
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Boko Haram
Boko Haram fears hold Maiduguri hostage
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Boko Haram
Nigeria’s Army Holding Up Hunt for Taken Girls
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Nigeria
A suicide bomber intending to detonate at a soccer match viewing center in Jos died along with two other people when his car blew up on the way; phone signals suggested the bomber was directed from Niger. A Borno state elders’ forum said the military’s failure to properly equip, deploy, and pay soldiers has enabled the Boko Haram insurgency to prevail. MASSOB, a Biafran secessionist movement, warned it had discovered a Boko Haram plot to target Onitsha Market in Anambra state; the local police commissioner dismissed it as rumor-mongering.
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Boko Haram
Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘targets village vigilantes’
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Boko Haram
US ‘only’ country helping to find Nigerian schoolgirls, claims John Kerry
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UN adds Boko Haram to al Qaeda sanctions list
The UN cites Boko Haram’s relationship with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) as a reason for adding the Nigerian group to the al Qaeda sanctions list. Previous designations and formal announcements by the US also recognized Boko Haram’s ties to AQIM. Documents found in Osama bin Laden’s compound reportedly showed contacts between the group and al Qaeda’s senior leadership.
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Nigeria
The UN added Boko Haram (a.k.a. Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad) to its list of al Qaeda-linked terrorist groups, stating that it is an affiliate of both al Qaeda and its north African offshoot, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. The designation noted that Boko Haram is also associated with Ansaru (a.k.a. Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina Fi Biladis-Sudan). The UN said Boko Haram members have trained with AQIM, fought in Mali, conduct attacks and kidnappings in Nigeria and Cameroon, and operate also in Chad and Niger. France vowed to treat Boko Haram like al Qaeda. Boko Haram killed 29 people in…
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Nigeria
Boko Haram militants attacked three villages in Borno state, killing at least 48 people, the day after bombings in Jos killed over 100. The Army is stepping up recruiting efforts following a recent mutiny in Borno.
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Boko Haram member warns of more kidnappings
In an interview, a Boko Haram member threatened that the group will conduct more kidnapping operations similar to its attack in Chibok where the group abducted over 300 schoolgirls.
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Nigeria
Nigeria asked the UN Security Council to add Boko Haram to the UN’s list of al Qaeda-linked terrorist groups. A top US State Department official said the US does not consider Boko Haram as an al Qaeda branch but rather “as its own terrorist group.” The Pentagon reached an agreement over the weekend to share some intelligence with Nigeria in the search for over 100 kidnapped girls. Two car bombs detonated in a crowded market in Jos in central Plateau state, killing 200 people, most of them women. Two suspects in a recent suicide bombing in Kano were arrested. Thirteen…
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Boko Haram
Nyanya: How mastermind was arrested in Sudan
