Armed attackers from Nigeria kill at least 9, kidnap dozens from border

Boko Haram, which calls itself the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) since pledging allegiance to the militant group that controls large areas of Syria and Iraq, is fighting to establish an emirate in northeast Nigeria.

In recent weeks, Boko Haram has continued its strategy of combining sudden attacks and looting on one hand, and suicide bombings on the other.

“We already cleared about 1 150 people but border officers projected that 12 000 people would be arriving”, spokesperson Manzo Ezekiel said.

Benin’s daily electricity needs are estimated at 240 megawatts, according to the country’s Energy Ministry, although domestic production – under normal circumstances – generally stands at only 100 megawatts.

He said the development was occasioned by the policy of the new military command with regards to the ongoing military operations in the country.

Mr. Issah said the U.S. will provide other forms of support that would not only boost the military’s capabilities but would also create the environment to rebuild devastated communities.

The CCC, Anas stressed, believed that “such dialogue should be done with every sense of caution and responsibility, bearing in mind the previous disappointments that attended attempts at negotiations”.

More than 800 people have been killed in just two months in Boko Haram’s surge, which began after Buhari took office on a pledge to defeat the militants.

It has been reported that none of the freed captives include any of the 219 girls abducted from a school in Chibok, northeastern Nigeria, in April 2014. Some died en route due to inadequate evacuation assistance. “U.S. has been a partner in Nigeria, around Africa and around the globe in providing the intelligence and the capability at all levels and we will continue to”, he said.

Congresswoman, Sheila Jackson Lee, in her contribution, expressed confidence that Boko Haram will be defeated. But Boko Haram is irreducibly complex. You are ways ahead of extinguishing Boko Haram.

“We noticed that in the different villages there is a certain population of foreigners and they are hiding behind some Cameroonians and hiding those Boko Haram suspects”, Mr Bakary said.