(http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/75306000/jpg/_75306515_line976.jpg) Who are Boko Haram?
- 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 Islamic state
- Thousands killed, mostly in north-eastern Nigeria - also attacked 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)
Boko Haram crisis: Nigeria's female bombers strike (http://www.theinfostride.com/news/world-africa-28657085)
Profile: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau (http://www.theinfostride.com/news/world-africa-18020349)
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