Borno state Nigeria is one of the poorest, most neglected parts of the planet. Until recently I would have said the only surplus in that part of Nigeria was its long-suffering...... Now that has turned to anger. And this remote, dry, dusty corner of Nigeria, a place you would only visit on your way to the Sahara Desert, has become the new battleground between militant Islam and the Western world. The U.S. had, he said repeatedly offered help to Nigeria but it was ignored. Ignored. That is exactly what the Nigerian governments attitude has been to the northeast for decades -- and to the Boko Haram terrorists until they hit Abuja, the capital. Then there was an attempt to clamp down but the security extended there never reached Maidugri, the capital of Bornu state in the northeast and some 500 miles away from Abuja, the capital, and another 320 miles from Lagos, the commercial megacity of West Africa. Richard Dowden. edition.cnn/2014/05/08/opinion/nigeria-boko-haram-richard-dowden/?sr=fbmainintl
Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2014 13:24:08 +0000
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