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US Classifies Nigerian Militant Groups as Terrorist Organizations

Boko Haram and Ansaru

Reason Staff | 11.13.2013 7:10 PM

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The United States has designated Nigerian militant groups Boko Haram and Ansaru as foreign terrorists organisations.

Al Qaeda-linked Boko Haram and its splinter group Ansaru are blamed for thousands of deaths in northeast and central Nigeria.

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