Luiz 4,253 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 probably AP...but still http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/30777607 France is still in shock after the deadly shootings in Paris which left 17 people dead. But there has been another shocking death toll in recent days with reports of hundreds, possibly thousands, of people massacred by Boko Haram. Even there the Paris deaths got more press than those in Nigeria, said media a--lyst Ethan Zuckerman. He pointed out that Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan expressed sympathy to the French but said nothing about Baga. Newsbeat looks at the numbers. Muhammad Abba Gava, a spokesman for a defence group that fights Boko Haram, said they gave up on trying to count all the bodies. "No one could attend to the corpses and even the seriously injured ones who may have died by now," he added. anyone know what exactly this conflict is all about? I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 It was AP by Filet Mignon in the World News section But I feel like it should stay open because no one seems to really know about this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luiz 4,253 Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 It was AP by Filet Mignon in the World News section But I feel like it should stay open because no one seems to really know about this yeah i remember someone posting about it but this popped up on reddit again with all the pictures and with the world leaders coming out in a huge protest for the france thing i'm wondering why they dont really make a big deal out of this boko haram crap going on in nigeria. probably more of a political issue rather than religious extremism but i'm not sure. I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolev 867 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 anyone know what exactly this conflict is all about? Boko Haram ("Western education is forbidden"), officially called Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'Awati Wal-Jihad ("People Committed to the Prophet's Teachings for Propagation and Jihad"), is a militant and self-professed Islamist movement based in northeast Nigeria with additional activities in Chad, Niger and Cameroon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram Westrenzation of these countries. Sounds horrible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepingSun 1,480 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 It's more than disgusting to see what people are capable of doing. How can we possibly help the people in Nigeria? One second I'm a troll, then suddenly the troll is me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luiz 4,253 Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Nigeria 'needs same support as France' after Boko Haram attacks kill over 2000: archbishop Lagos: A Nigerian archbishop called Monday for the same international support to tackle Boko Haram as France has received since it was hit by Islamist attacks last week. "I see the very positive response of the French government tackling this issue of religious violence after the killing of their citizens," said the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Jos in central Nigeria, Ignatius Kaigama. "We need that spirit to be spread around, not just when it happens in Europe, (but) when it happens in Nigeria, in Niger, Cameroon and many poor countries, that we mobilise our international resources to confront the people who bring such sadness to many families," he told BBC World Service radio. Kaigama was speaking after another bloody weekend for Nigeria in which three female suicide bombers, including one thought to be as young as 10, killed at least 23 people in the restive northeast. Four people were killed in suicide attacks by two female bombers on Sunday in the latest deadly violence in northeast Nigeria after the military appealed for support to help fight Boko Haram. The two women targeted a crowded market in Potiskum, Yobe State, a day after 19 people were killed in a similar attack in neighbouring Borno State, by a girl thought to be aged just 10. Kaigama's comments echoed those from the head of the UN children's fund, Anthony Lake, who said on Sunday that harrowing reports from survivors of the a massive attack on Baga on January 3 and the use of a 10-year-old girl as a human bomb "should be searing the conscience of the world". http://www.smh.com.au/world/nigeria-needs-same-support-as-france-after-boko-haram-attacks-kill-over-2000-archbishop-20150112-12msu6.html someone halp I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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