{"id":58854,"date":"2014-10-23T11:41:52","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T11:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=58854"},"modified":"2014-10-23T11:41:52","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T11:41:52","slug":"boko-haram-abducts-more-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=58854","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram ‘abducts more women’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dozens of women and girls from two villages in Nigeria’s north-eastern Adamawa state have been abducted by suspected militants, residents say.<\/p>\n

The abductions have not been confirmed by the authorities, but residents say they took place a day after the military announced it had agreed a ceasefire with the Boko Haram group.<\/p>\n

The government hopes the Islamist group will free more than 200 girls seized in April as part of negotiations.<\/p>\n

Boko Haram has not confirmed the truce.<\/p>\n

Following Friday’s ceasefire announcement, the government said further talks with Boko Haram were due to be held this week in neighbouring Chad.<\/p>\n

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The government failure to secure the schoolgirls’ release has sparked mass protests<\/div>\n

In a separate incident, at least five people were killed in a bomb blast at a bus station in a town in the northern state of Bauchi.<\/p>\n

Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n

$1bn loan approved<\/span><\/p>\n

The abduction of the schoolgirls from their boarding school in Borno state sparked a global campaign to pressure the government to secure their release.<\/p>\n

Borno is the group’s stronghold. It has been under a state of emergency, along with neighbouring Adamawa and Yobe states, for more than a year.<\/p>\n

The villages that were attacked on Saturday – Waga Mangoro and Garta – are close to Madagali and Michika towns, which have been under the control of the Islamist militant group for several weeks.<\/p>\n

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According to people in the area, a large group of insurgents attacked the villages, rounding up women and young girls.<\/p>\n

Communication with the affected area is difficult, which is why it takes time for news of attacks to filter out.<\/p>\n

Other raids by suspected Boko Haram fighters were reported by residents in Adamawa and Borno over the weekend.<\/p>\n

News of the new abductions came as MPs approved a $1bn (\u00a3623m) loan – requested by the president in July – to upgrade military equipment and train more units fighting the north-eastern insurgency.<\/p>\n

Security already costs the country close to $6bn, roughly a quarter of the federal budget.<\/p>\n

Since the state of emergency was declared in May 2013, Boko Haram has taken many women and children hostage and has agreed to some prisoner swaps.<\/p>\n

The name Boko Haram translates as “Western education is forbidden”, and the militants have carried out raids on schools and colleges, seeing them as a symbol of Western culture.<\/p>\n

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Who are Boko Haram?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"BokoBoko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is the most wanted man in Nigeria<\/div>\n
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  • Founded in 2002<\/li>\n
  • Initially focused on opposing Western education – Boko Haram means “Western education is forbidden” in the Hausa language<\/li>\n
  • Launched military operations in 2009 to create Islamic state<\/li>\n
  • Thousands killed, mostly in north-eastern Nigeria – also attacked police and UN headquarters in capital, Abuja<\/li>\n
  • Some three million people affected<\/li>\n
  • Declared terrorist group by US in 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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