Boko Haram far from defeated, Amnesty International’s death toll shows
Abuja — The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has killed 381 civilians in Nigeria and Cameroon since the beginning of April, rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday, a testament to the militant group’s deadly resurgence. The Nigerian military has repeatedly said Boko Haram has been "defeated". But in recent months, it has carried out a string of lethal suicide bombings and other high-profile attacks on towns and an oil exploration team. The number of deaths since April 1 was more than double that for the preceding five months, Amnesty said. Boko Haram has killed 223 civilians in Nigeria since April. The forcing of women and girls to act as suicide bombers has driven the sharp rise in deaths in northeast Nigeria and northern Cameroon, said Amnesty. "Boko Haram is once again committing war crimes on a huge scale, exemplified by the depravity of forcing young girls to carry explosives with the sole intention of killing as many people as they possibly can," said Alioune Tine...
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