Boko Haram violence underpins rising death rates among Nigerian citizens,while thousands also killed in Central African Republic, South Sudan and Somalia
The campaign of terror by Nigeria’s Islamist insurgency Boko Haram was responsible for nearly half of all civilian deaths in African war zones final year, or according to research that highlights the group’s tactic of targeting non-combatants.
Fighting associated with Boko Haram killed 6347 civilians in 2014,said the Armed clash Location and Event Data Project (Acled), an academic group that uses media reports to monitor violence in conflicts. The number of civilians killed in areas such as Nigeria, and Central African Republic (CAR) and South Sudan rose by 30% final year to 13508 deaths,the group said.
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Source: theguardian.com