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Organizations'
role in Islamist
insurgency in
Nigeria.
Federal Republic of
Nigeria
Capital: Abuja
Largest city: Lagos
Official languages:
English
Major languages: Hausa,
Igbo, Yoruba
Ethnicgroups:
21%
Yoruba,21%Hausa,
18%Igbo,
11%Fulani,
9%Urhobo-Isoko,
7%Efik-Ibibio,
4%Kanuri,
3%Edo,
2%Tiv,
2%Ijaw,
2%Nupe,
1%Bura,
Boko
Haram
=
"Western education
is forbidden" in the
Hausa/Arabic
language.
Founded in 2002,
launched
military
operations in 2009 to
create Islamic state.
Thousands
killed,
mostly
in
northeastern Nigeria - also
attacked police and
UN headquarters in
capital, Abuja.
Abducted hundreds,
including at least
200 [276] schoolgirls
( April 2013)
Control
several
north-eastern towns.
Designated
a
terrorist group by US
in 2013.
Declared
a caliphate
in areas it controlled
in 2014.
Most
territory now
recaptured by army.
Nigerian State
INTERNATI
ONAL
Regio
nal
Natio
nal
International organizations
and their responses to BH
The
HIGHLIGHTS
Every
participating
Agreement.
National
Indicative Programme.
Instrument
Bilateral
AIMS
End to the culture of entrenched impunity and human
rights abuses.
International Criminal
Court (ICC)
20
January
2010
Secretary-General
Ban
KiMoonexpressedserious concern on about the renewed
violence and crimes in Nigeria.
Conclusion
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