Over 3500 People Killed by Boko Haram in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Niger in 2015- UN/ Amnesty Int.Report

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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