(Reuters) – Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has
kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls, is no longer a local threat but has
become West Africa’s Al-Qaeda, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan
said on Saturday.
“Boko Haram is no longer a local terrorist group, it is operating
clearly as an Al-Qaeda operation, it is an Al-Qaeda of West Africa,”
Jonathan told a news conference in Paris following a meeting of West
African leaders on the issue.
“We have shown our commitment for a regional approach. Without West
African countries coming together we will not be able to crush these
terrorists,” Jonathan said.
Nigeria’s president says, he is committed to finding abducted schoolgirls as Paris summit agrees Boko Haram action plan.
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