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Who are Boko Haram?(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/75329000/jpg/_75329065_75007899.jpg) Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been designated a terrorist by the US government
- Founded in 2002
- Initially focused on opposing Western education - Boko Haram means "Western education is forbidden" in the Hausa language
- Launched military operations in 2009 to create an Islamic state
- Thousands killed, mostly in north-eastern Nigeria - but also attacks on police and UN headquarters in capital, Abuja
- Some three million people affected
- Declared terrorist group by US in 2013
Who are Boko Haram? (http://www.theinfostride.com/news/world-africa-13809501)
Profile: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau (http://www.theinfostride.com/news/world-africa-18020349)
Why Nigeria has not defeated Boko Haram (http://www.theinfostride.com/news/world-africa-27396702)
Source: BBC