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A UN Resolution Is Being Readied for Boko Haram Fight

Dulcie Leimbach

• March 23, 2015

Chad is not only leading the regional military assault on the Boko Haram terrorist group but it is also said to be leading the drafting of a United Nations Security Council resolution to authorize the multinational task force in West Africa already battling Boko Haram, a UN diplomat confirmed. The resolution is being pushed …

Africa, Peace and Security, Security Council

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The UN Dips Into the Fight Against Boko Haram

Alexander Brotman

• February 16, 2015

As Boko Haram’s raging insurgency in northeast Nigeria shows no signs of letup, Nigeria’s neighbors are taking the lead in fighting back against the Islamic terrorist group, which has killed nearly 10,000 people from 2013 to 2014 alone and displaced a million people in the region. The United Nations is now directly involved, too, …

Africa, Peace and Security, Security Council

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