Report: Boko Haram Kills Over 2,000 in 2014

Human Rights Watch says the Nigerian insurgent group Boko Haram has killed more than 2,000 people in the first six months of this year. It says the attacks amount to crimes against humanity. HRW’s West Africa Director Corinne Dufka said Boko Haram is “effectively waging a war on the people of northeastern Nigeria at a staggering human cost.” “We have documented 95 attacks on 70 towns and villages mostly in northeastern Nigeria.” There have also been attacks on the capital,...

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