Nigeria

A Boko Haram spokesman reportedly claimed that Bama in Borno state remains in the hands of the terror group. Some 20 policemen are still missing following Boko Haram’s attack on Gwoza last month. Residents of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno, and Yolo, the capital of Adamawa, are apprehensive about Boko Haram’s advance in the northeast. Lt. Col. Adeboye Obasanjo, the son of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, was wounded while battling Boko Haram in Michika in Adamawa. President Jonathan traveled to Chad to meet with his counterpart there; Jonathan was accompanied by former Borno governor Modu Sheriff, who has been suspected of links to Boko Haram.

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