Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Nigeria Has Formally Asked The U.N. Security Council To Blacklist Boko Haram

Nigeria Asks U.N. al Qaeda Committee To Blacklist Boko Haram -- Reuters

May 20 (Reuters) - Nigeria has formally asked the U.N. Security Council al Qaeda sanctions committee to blacklist the Islamist militant group Boko Haram after the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls, according to a confidential document obtained by Reuters.

If there is no objection by the 15-member council committee, which operates by consensus, Boko Haram will be sanctioned as of 3:00 p.m. EDT (1900 GMT) on Thursday. The sanctions would include an international asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo.

Until recently, Nigeria had been reluctant to seek international assistance to combat Boko Haram.

Boko Haram kidnapped more than 250 girls from a secondary school in Chibok in remote northeastern Nigeria on April 14 and has threatened to sell them into slavery. Eight other girls were taken from another village earlier this month.

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Update: Nigeria seeking UN sanctions on Boko Haram, diplomats say -- FOX News/AP

My Comment: It is going to take more than a UN resolution and a twitter hash-tag to get rid of Boko Haram .... but it is a start.

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