The Boko Haram insurgency in
2015 has caused the deaths of over 3,500 people, mostly civilians, according to
a UN and Amnesty International report. The victims according to the report are
mainly from the four neighboring countries of Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria (with
over three-quarters of the victims) and Chad. The year 2015 is the “bloodiest”
compared to the previous years, demonstrating once again, “the cruelty of this
obscurantist group”, the report notes.
Furthermore, the increase in
the number of victims is the consequence of the “shifting from Nigerian horror
field to the entire region”. This is why the UN and Amnesty International are
in favor of more support by the international community to the affected
country. However, while these international organizations are observing “Boko
Haram loss of power” in the military field, they also noted that the strategy
of extended suicide attacks in Cameroon, Niger and Chad has unfortunately
claimed many more victims.
This situation calls on countries in conflict against these “terrorists” to
adapt to this new form of war, as it is factual that asymmetric warfare
requires better coordination of strategies, particularly in terms of
information sharing which requires everybody’s involvement, including
civilians, the report concludes.
Source: APA
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