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  • We Really Need To Talk About Boko Haram

    Too many innocent lives shed!

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    They haven���t been covered much in the foreign mainstream media but油Boko Haram have been terrorising Africans with devastating, widespread and long-lasting油consequences.

    Responsible for more deaths than ISIS.

    According to the Global Terrorism Report,. It should油be noted that in March this year, they pledged allegiance to ISIS. The two groups are

    Who are they?

    Boko Haram promotes a version of Islam which makes it ���haram���, or forbidden, for Muslims to take part in any political or social activity associated with Western society. This includes voting in elections, wearing shirts and trousers or receiving a secular education. Boko Haram regards the Nigerian state as being run by non-believers, even when the country had a Muslim president ��� and it has extended its military campaign by targeting neighbouring states.

    800,000 people have fled their homes since June.

    Since the beginning of Boko Haram���s attacks in 2009, 2.1 million people have been forced to leave their homes with

    An estimated 1,100 schools have been destroyed this year alone.

    The UN have stated that over a thousand schools have been destroyed in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria in 2015 so far.

    This is a list of their major attacks so far in 2015:

    Although the figures of deaths油are numerical, please remember that these are people who had jobs, lives, families, dreams, hobbies, just like you. They are more than numbers on a screen. January 3 ��� 7th:油as many as 2,000 people having been killed. January 9th:油Following the Boko Haram massacre,油 January 18th:油Boko Haram militants油 January 28th:油Boko Haram fighters油 February 15th:油A suicide bomber油 February 20th: Boko Haram militants油kill 34 people油in attacks across Borno State油and油. February 24th: Two suicide bombers油kill油 March 7th: Five suicide油 March 18th:油 March 29th:油Voting in the Nigerian general election is delayed for a second day.油 June 12th:油Several days of nighttime油 June 16th:油油killed 24 people and wounded more than 100. June 17th:油 June 23rd:油in Maiduguri油kill 30 people. June 28th:油 June 30th:油leaving 48 men dead. July 1st:油kills 油97 people油in Kukawa. July 2nd:油油killing at least 10 people July 3rd: July 3rd:油Several suicide bombers油killed dozens of people油in Zabarmari village.
    July 7th:油 July 11th: At least 14 people were killed in a July 17th:油Suicide bombs have油killed more than 60 people油 July 22nd:油 July 25th:油Akilling 34 and wounding over 100 people Aug 2nd: 13 people killed and 27 injured in油 Aug 3rd:油Eight people were killed and about 100 others were kidnapped油in油 Aug 5th:油 Aug 7th:油 Aug 11th:油killed about 50 people. Aug 17th:油killing 7 people Aug 18th:油Up to 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead油 Aug 23rd: Ar Aug 25th: Extremists油killed 28 people during Aug 30th:油 Sept 1st: Sept 3rd:油Militants油killed about 30 people and wounded 145 others in油 Sept 20th: More than 100 people were killed in northern Nigeria in油 Sept 24th:油15 people killed油in油 Sept 27th: Sept 27th:油killing油the油village head and 14 other civilians. Oct 1st: Oct 3rd:油 Oct 4th:油 Oct 6th:油 Oct 10:油 Oct 6th:油 Oct 7th:油 Oct 22nd:油 Oct 23rd:油 Oct 28th:油 Oct 29th:油 Nov 8th: Nov 11th:油 Nov 12th:油 Nov 17th:油 Written by 91心頭利嫋 Contributor

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