Monday, January 9, 2012

Nigeria's President Voices His Concerns That Islamic Extremists Have Infiltrated His Government



Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan: Officials Back Boko Haram -- BBC

Nigeria's president has said for the first time he thinks sympathisers of the Islamist Boko Haram group are in his government and security agencies.

Goodluck Jonathan's comments come amid a wave of violence blamed on Boko Haram which has left dozens of people dead in the north, most of them Christians.

Mr Jonathan also said the security situation was now more complex than during the civil war four decades ago.

More than one million people died in the 1967-1970 Biafran conflict.

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More News On Nigeria's Religious-Sectarian Strife

Nigeria’s president: Fight against Islamist sect ‘worse’ than civil war that saw 1M killed -- Washington Post/AP
Nigerian leader says Boko Haram threat worse than civil war -- AFP
Nigerian president warns of terrorist sympathizers in government -- Deutsche Welle
Boko Haram members are in govt – Jonathan -- Vanguard
Nigeria Christians warn attacks reminder of civil war run-up -- Montreal Gazette/AFP
Nigerian state under curfew after violence against Christians -- CNN
Nigeria reels from extremist violence -- Global Post
Nigeria's descent into holy war -- The Telegraph
Is Nigeria on the brink of civil war? -- Simon Allison, Daily Maverick
Nigeria's Boko Haram: a shadowy threat -- AFP

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