who does boko haram target?
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They have attacked politicians, religious leaders, security forces and civilian targets. The tactic of suicide bombing, used in the two attacks in the capital - on the police and UN headquarters - was new to Nigeria. In Africa as a whole, it had only been used by al-Shabaab in Somalia and to a lesser extent AQIM.
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['Action Against Hunger.', 'Action by Christians Against Torture (ACAT)', 'Action on Armed Violence.', 'Alliance internationale pour la défense des droits et des libertés (AIDL)', 'Awam Foundation for Development and Culture.', 'CARE.', 'Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC)', 'Christian Aid.']
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In October 1993, elite American troops launched a disastrous raid in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Their aim was to capture key allies of the powerful Somali warlord, Gen Mohamed Farah Aideed. ... At the time, the United States was leading a UN mission to end the civil war and famine in Somalia.
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According to the Global Firepower's 2019 Military Strength Ranking, Egypt, Algeria, South Africa, Nigeria, and Ethiopia are the most powerful nations in military strength.
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Nigerian Army. The Nigerian Army (NA) is the largest component of the Nigerian Armed Forces, and is responsible for land warfare operations.
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['South Sudan.', 'Central African Republic.', 'Afghanistan.', 'Tanzania.', 'Rwanda.', 'Yemen.', 'Malawi.', 'Syria.']
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['Lesotho: 28.2%', 'Eswatini: 26.5%', 'Occupied Palestinian Territories: 26.4%', 'Mozambique: 24.8%4\ufeff']
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['Angola.', 'Benin.', 'Botswana.', 'Burkina Faso.', 'Burundi.', 'Cameroon.', 'Central African Republic.', 'Chad.']
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Despite advice that much of the country is safe and that the majority of British visits are trouble-free, the FCO says that terrorists are “very likely to try to carry out attacks in Kenya”. ... The FCO currently advises against all but essential travel to the following: areas within 60km of the Kenya-Somali border.
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The Taliban would be looking for Amir for what he and Sohrab has done to Assef. So Amir and Sohrab go to Islamabad for cover, to be safe from the Taliban for a while. ... Also this relates to Hassan and Sohrab because they both harazas and they served the Pashtuns and Taliban.
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Al-Shabaab is said to have many foreigners within its ranks, particularly at the leadership level. Fighters from the Persian Gulf and international jihadists were called to join the holy war against the Somali government and its Ethiopian allies.
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The guerrilla fighter's targets are military ones, while the terrorist deliberately targets civilians. By this definition, a terrorist organization can no longer claim to be 'freedom fighters' because they are fighting for national liberation or some other worthy goal.
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['Angola.', 'Burkina Faso.', 'Burundi.', 'Central African Republic.', 'Chad.', 'Comoros.', 'Democratic Republic of the Congo.', 'Djibouti.']
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['The use of violence or of the threat of violence in the pursuit of political, religious, ideological or social objectives.', 'Acts committed by non-state actors (or by undercover personnel serving on the behalf of their respective governments)']
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In September 2017, Boko Haram militants kidnapped about 40 young adults, women and children and killed 18 in the town of Banki, 130 km southeast of Maiduguri, Borno State, on the border of Nigeria and Cameroon. Boko Haram was reported to have killed 380 people between April and September 2017 in the Lake Chad area .
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['Ongoing around the world. (Updates 2017 to Present)', 'Afar (Eritrea & Ethiopia) (Second Afar insurgency)', 'Afghanistan. (Taliban insurgency)', 'Armenia-Azerbaijan. (in Nagorno-Karabakh)', 'Central African Republic. (civil war)', 'Congo (Conflicts in East) (Kivu conflict)', 'Ethiopia. Oromo conflict.', 'Iraq. (Civil War-Islamic State)']
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Q&A: Boko Haram in Cameroon. In May 2014, Cameroon declared war on Boko Haram at the Paris Summit. Since then, Boko Haram has intensified its activities in the Far North Region of the country, making Cameroon the second most targeted country, in terms of attacks, by the sect.