#BBOGCountDownTo6Weeks: Week 1 News Briefs

#BBOGCountDownTo6Weeks: Week 1 News Briefs

Saturday 14 February:
Boko Haram attacks Gombe (Northeast Nigeria), distributes leaflets threatening residents not to vote in the forthcoming elections, but repelled by the military says the military
http://www.punchng.com/news/boko-haram-hits-gombe-threatens-to-attack-polling-booths/
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31469073?ocid=socialflow_twitter

President Jonathan hosts Valentine’s Day dinner for children and widows of fallen troops
http://pulse.ng/politics/goodluck-jonathan-president-hosts-valentine-s-day-dinner-for-children-of-fallen-soldiers-id3484272.html
 
Sunday 15 February:
Teenage female suicide bomber kills 10 in Damaturu, Yobe (Northeast Nigeria)
www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/02/female-suicide-bomber-kills-ten-nigeria-damaturu-150215132812798.html
Nigerian Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu says the military has incapacitated Boko Haram terrorists, what is needed now is to decimate them. Assures that in 6 weeks the counterinsurgency effort would have ended
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=105032
Boko Haram razes down emir’s palace in Askira, Borno (Northeast Nigeria)
http://www.punchng.com/news/boko-haram-razes-borno-emirs-palace-kills-residents/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Boko Haram abduction escapee recounts horrors and ordeal, says nothing about them is Islamic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP1BtH6u45Q
 
Monday 16 February:
Presidency denies promising to return the Chibok schoolgirls within 6 weeks. Says the #BBOGCountdownTo6Weeks is ‘mischievous’
http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-didnt-make-promise-on-chibok-girls-return-presidency/
Nigeria’s Defence spokesman Major-General Chris Olukolade says the military has stepped up its operations to end the insurgency within 6 weeks and taken back Monguno, Borno (Northeast Nigeria) formerly under Boko Haram control
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nigerian-military-steps-up-campaign-to-flush-out-insurgents-in-bama-baga-others/201950/
Boko Haram insurgents attacks a military camp near the town of Waza in the northern Cameroon wounding several soldiers, a Cameroonian army spokesman says
http://af.reuters.com/article/cameroonNews/idAFL5N0VQ2FC20150216
Central African nations under the aegis of the Economic Community of Central African States, (ECCAS) begin talks in Yaounde, Cameroon’s capital to devise a joint strategy to tackle Boko Haram
http://news.yahoo.com/central-african-leaders-talk-strategy-against-boko-haram-003033966.html
Boko Haram threatens Niger and Chad, says fighters are prepared to carry out suicide bombings in countries joining forces to fight them
http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Boko-Haram-issues-new-threat-against-Niger-Chad-20150217
US military commences annual Africa military exercises ‘Operation Flintlock’ with armies across Africa in Chad
http://www.stripes.com/us-kicks-off-operation-flintlock-amid-regional-tensions-1.329725
US military pledges to provide equipment, intelligence in fight against Boko Haram, commander of U.S. Special Forces operations in Africa, Major-General James Linder says
http://news.yahoo.com/u-army-equipment-intelligence-fight-boko-haram-002644491.html
 
Tuesday 17 February:
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau releases an 11 minute 27 seconds video vowing to disrupt the forthcoming elections
http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2015/02/18/nigerias-election-will-not-hold-in-peace-abubakar-shekau/
Nigerien Prime Minister Brigi Rafini leads citizens’ street march against Boko Haram
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31502172
Nigerien police arrest 160 suspected Boko Haram militants, a national police spokesman says
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/17/africa/boko-haram/index.html
Twenty people die following explosions at a military checkpoint outside the north-eastern town of Biu
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-31509022
Nigerian soldiers reportedly shoot 5 vigilantes dead, injuring others in Maiduguri
http://saharareporters.com/2015/02/17/soldiers-shoot-five-vigilantes-maiduguri

Nigerian airstrike on an operational mission accidentally kills 37, wounding 20 mourners at a funeral in Niger

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/18/africa/niger-mourners-killed/index.html
 
Wednesday 18 February:
President Jonathan inaugurates 4 Nigerian Navy ships, and promises to rout Boko Haram
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/02/jonathan-vows-to-rout-boko-haram-out-inaugurates-4-nn-ships/
President Jonathan reassures that Boko Haram will be routed in 3 weeks
http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/news/47498-jonathan-boko-haram-story-will-change-in-two-weeks
The military says its ongoing air and land operations have inflicted heavy casualty on Boko Haram training camps and weapon dumps in Sambisa Forest and Gwoza (Northeast Nigeria)in the last 2 days, with “over 300 killed” and “a few captured”, liberating 11 communities. Also, weapons and equipment have been “captured and destroyed”
http://m.voanews.com/a/reu-military-nigeria-warplanes-bomb-boko-haram-forest-training-camps/2650499.html
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/177064-nigerian-military-kills-over-300-terrorists-captures-many-others.html
FG calls for vigilance, as it says dislodged Boko Haram fighters may be moving into internally displaced persons, IDP camps; and also do menial jobs to stay undercover
http://www.today.ng/news/fg-calls-for-vigilance-as-boko-haram-fighters-move-into-idps-camps/
http://www.channelstv.com/2015/02/18/boko-haram-members-do-menial-jobs-to-stay-under-cover-omeri/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Boko Haram released 158 women and children in Yobe (Northeast Nigeria) 3 weeks ago, but were with security operatives undergoing screening
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/177202-boko-haram-releases-158-people-abducted-in-yobe.html
Fighter jets reportedly seen dropping Boko Haram flyers in Gombi, Adamawa (Northeast Nigeria), again warning against voting
http://newsrescue.com/fighter-jets-drop-boko-haram-flyers-adamawa-warning-voting/#axzz3SEPBuxrg
African coalition (of Cameroon, Chad and Niger) prepares for a Boko Haram offensive as they meet next week; real battle to dislodge Boko Haram to commence in March, says Colonel Mahamane Laminou Sani, director of documentation and military intelligence of Niger’s armed forces. Says operations so far are intended to keep Boko Haram at bay
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2015/02/african-coalition-prepares-boko-haram-offensive-150219123427799.html
Chadian troops, part of the Multinational Joint Taskforce (MNJTF) take down Boko Haram and recapture Dikwa (Northeast Nigeria) on Tuesday, residents who fled the fighting say
http://dailyindependentnig.com/2015/02/boko-haram-suffered-heavy-casualties-chadian-assault-nigeria/
http://www.france24.com/en/20150219-video-chadian-army-clashes-with-boko-haram-nigeria/?dlvrit=65413
10 central African president agree to raise an 80 million euro fund to fight Boko Haram
http://www.euronews.com/2015/02/17/african-presidents-create-80-million-euro-fund-to-fight-boko-haram/
U.S. government to support Cameroon military in fight against Boko Haram, U.S. ambassador to Cameroon Michael Stephen Hoza says
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0LM0QP20150218?irpc=932
The UN urges that security be urgently beefed up in Cameroon to prevent Boko Haram attacks on civilians in the country
http://leadership.ng/news/412441/boko-haram-un-wants-security-beefed-up-around-cameroonian-civilians
 
Thursday 19 February:
34 killed in fresh attacks on Chibok communities, says Chibok nation spokesperson Manasseh Allen
(Note: Attacked Chibok communities are within the Sambisa Forest region where the military reported successful air raids on Tuesday, 2 days ago)
http://t.co/ZVwMv5VrTF
Leaflets from ‘Boko Haram’ criticizing Shekau surface in Adamawa (Northeast Nigeria)
http://t.co/ErzoiU9Cyq
BBC reports that Islamic State might be promoting Boko Haram using Twitter
https://soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/boko-harem-on-twitter?ocid=socialflow_twitter
 
Fri 20 February:
France and Cameroon in a row over apprehended French Boko Haram fighters
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/france-cameroun-lock-horns-over-captured-french-boko-haram-fighters/202268/
Nigerian military discountenances leaflets criticizing Boko Haram leader as an act of surrender by ex-Boko Haram fighters
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/real-battle-to-dislodge-boko-haram-begins-in-march/202325/
Boko Haram attacks communities bordering Sambisa Forest in Adamawa (Northeast Nigeria) killing at least 40
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/177233-boko-haram-attacks-adamawa-villages-kills-over-40.html
 

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