Boko Haram: A Bloody Insurgency, A Growing Challenge -- CNN
(CNN) -- Boko Haram's lethality is indisputable.
The militant group has bombed schools, churches and mosques; kidnapped women and children; and assassinated politicians and religious leaders alike.
It made headlines again this week with the abduction of more than 100 school girls in the northeastern town of Chibok. After a fierce gunbattle with soldiers, the militants herded the girls out of bed and onto buses, and sped off. All but eight of the 129 girls were eventually freed.
What exactly is Boko Haram, and why has it turned into a Nigerian synonym for fear and bloodshed?
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More News On Nigeria's War Against Boko Haram
Jihadist Boko Haram Intensifies Its Deadly Campaign in Nigeria -- Global Voices
Nigeria local authorities say most of abducted schoolgirls still missing -- Reuters
Nigerian Principal Denies Army Report Abducted Girls Freed -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Nigerian Principal Says Most Abducted Girls Still Missing -- Voice of America
Nigerian schoolgirls taken to Islamist stronghold, say parents -- Sydney Morning Herald
What’s behind the surge of deadly extremist attacks in Nigeria -- PBS Newshour
Boko Haram will keep killing, and Nigeria's leaders are powerless -- Simon Allison, The Guardian
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