Boko Haram: Who Are they and what do they want to achieve?
Boko Haram, Nigeria’s militant Islamist group, has a goal. They want to overthrow the government and build an Islamic state. They have forbidden Muslims from taking part in anything political or social when it comes to Western society. The Boko Haram was founded in 2002. Their main focus is on opposing Western education. They became a terrorist group in 2013.
Abductions: how did they do it?
Boko Haram’s way of abducting the girls is by taking them from school. The schools they target are both Christian and Muslim. According to officials the death toll is between a few hundred and 2,000. In total 16 villages have been attacked. “Some people who hid in their homes were burned alive” -Musa Bukar. In 2009 They killed over 5,000 people. Since 2009 they have taken at least 500 women and girls.
