#News: Nigeria 'outraged' by mass kidnap

[BBC]

 Who are Boko Haram?   More than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by the group in April  

• 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 - also attacked police and UN headquarters in the capital, Abuja
• Some three million people are affected
• Declared a terrorist group by the US in 2013

Who are Boko Haram?

Profile: Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau

   
Source: BBC