The head of US Africa Command (Africom) is warning that three of Africa’s largest Islamist groups are coordinating efforts and materials.
General Carter Ham, commander of Africom, cited the North African al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is sharing explosives and money with Boko Haram, the Islamic terrorist group slaughtering Christians in Nigeria. Continue reading
Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamic extremist group responsible for murdering Christians through the African nation, has had their leadership designated terrorists by the US State Department.
More than 640 people have been killed by the al-Qaeda connected group in the first half of 2012. Continue reading
Militant Islamists issued a statement claiming responsibility for the murder of 50 Christians in bomb attacks in Nigeria.
Boko Haram claimed the attacks were in retribution for Christians “destroying mosques” and turning others into “beer parlors and prostitution joints.”
“Let them know that now it’s time for revenge God willing,” the terrorist group said in a statement. “From now on, they either follow the right religion or there will be no peace for them.” Continue reading