Boko Haram has carried out series of attacks on communities in the nation’s northeast in its over six years campaign to establish an Islamic State and end western education in the region.
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“The Nigeria army wishes to reiterate its unalloyed commitment and determination to continue to clear the remnants of the Boko Haram terrorists wherever they might be hiding”. U.S officials wouldn’t comment immediately on any plans for compensation to the boy’s family.
Boko Haram has killed some 10,000 people since 2009 and has also kidnapped hundreds of people including children and women.
“You’re not just looking for 200 girls”, said Gen. Carter Ham, the retired head of the United States military’s Africa Command.
Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, was travelling through Cameroon Monday when a vehicle in her convoy struck and killed a young boy, CNN is reporting.
Kareto is the army’s next base in the area.
“You will recall that Boko Haram terrorists attacked our troops location at Kareto this morning but were successfully repelled by our troops”. “The cutting-off of fuel supplies has badly crippled Boko Haram, and that has been made possible by blocking all identified supply routes and the crackdown on the suppliers”. Gen. Donald Bolduc, commander of special operations in Africa, highlights the country’s precarious position dealing with a multitude of hostile militant groups and unstable neighboring governments.
Rabe Abubakar, defence spokesman, issued this advisory in a statement on Wednesday.
Boko Haram is a localized group that poses literally zero threat to the United States, yet the “threat” of Boko Haram is a cause greatly championed by those like Power who love war when it serves their politically correct purposes.
Daura said that the government did not really know where the girls were being kept and that a recent attempt to rescue 20 of the girls failed because the insurgents reneged on their promises.
A senior military source said the Islamists were also paying huge sums of money for jerrycans of fuel, but the risk of being caught up in a military aerial bombardment on Boko Haram positions has forced numerous regular vendors to stay away, said the source.
It is widely suspected that Yaounde has been negotiating with Boko Haram.
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Both Arase and Daura did not speak with journalists after the one and half hours closed-session.
