micdotcom: This is why the world needs to start caring about Boko HaramAs the world watched in hor
micdotcom: This is why the world needs to start caring about Boko Haram As the world watched in horror while two gunmen slaughtered 12 people at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris last week, a massacre of a different kind was happening halfway across the world. In the Nigerian town of Baga, Boko Haram insurgents carried out one of the bloodiest attacks in the group’s history, killing an estimated 2,000 people. Most of the victims were women, children and elderly people who couldn’t escape after fighters drove into the town firing rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons at local residents. “The worsening conflict in northern Nigeria already has suffered more casualties this year than the world’s most publicized contemporary wars.” -- source link