Showing posts with label Nigeria; Borno State; Kanuri; Fulani; Shuwa Arab; Borno Elders Forum; Islamists Insurgency. Show all posts
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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Call For Boko Haram Peace Talks Masks Ethnic Tensions

Burnt livestock and litter left behind after an attack by Boko Haram on the mainly Shuwa Arab village of Mairi in northeast Borno state, epicentre of its bloody eight-year insurgency
A group of community elders in northeast Nigeria where Boko Haram has waged a bloody eight-year insurgency are urging the Islamists to enter peace talks, a move some see as motivated by ethnic self-interest.