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\f0\fs24 \cf0 UN urges African forces to fight Boko Haram\
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The UN Security Council has urged central African countries to boost plans for a regional force to fight Boko Haram, as the Nigerian militant group escalates cross-border raids on neighbouring Cameroon\
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State of emergency\
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NIGERIA\
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Lagos\
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Abuja\
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Detail area\
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CAMEROON\
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Number of fatalities from Boko Haram insurgency\
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*2014 data for January to August\
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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 \
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794  112 389 1,918 2,742 5,156*\
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Boko Haram control\
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Recent attacks\
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Potiskum\
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YOBE\
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Gombe\
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Gulani\
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NIGERIA\
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ADAMAWA\
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Yola\
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NIGER\
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Baga\
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CHAD\
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Lake Chad\
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BORNO\
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Maiduguri\
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Gwoza: Boko Haram HQ\
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Bama\
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CAMEROON\
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Chibok\
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Maroua: Chad sends troops to aid Cameroon\
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Mokolo: 50 people seized by militants\
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100km 60 miles\
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BOKO HARAM PROFILE\
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Leader: Abubakar Shekau. Est. 9,000 fighters\
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2002 Boko Haram founded by Mohammed Yusuf to establish Islamic state in northern Nigeria by non-violent means\
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2009 Begins militant operations. Yusuf arrested, dies in custody. Shekau (above) takes over\
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2011 Group begins conducting vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attacks and suicide attacks. Some $3 million netted from bank robberies\
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2013 Government declares state of emergency in three northeastern provinces. Boko Haram receives almost $17 million in ransom from French government\
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2014 Vehicle-borne attacks surge. Over 270 schoolgirls abducted in Chibok in April. Operations spread into Cameroon, Chad and Niger\
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Funding: Group reportedly gets hundreds of thousands of dollars per month from several prominent politicians\
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Training: Provided by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb  and Somali militant group al-Shabab\
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Sources: Stratford, Johns Hopkins University, wire agencies\
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