Juan Cole: Boko Haram & the Lord’s Resistance Army: Hunted Children & the Problem of Fundamentalism in Africa - Juan Cole - Truthdig

Juan Cole: Boko Haram & the Lord’s Resistance Army: Hunted Children & the Problem of Fundamentalism in Africa - Juan Cole - Truthdig:

The horrific story of the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls from their school in Borno Province, northeastern Nigeria, by the Boko Haram terrorist group has again underlined the problem of violent fundamentalism in Africa. Reports say more kidnappings were undertaken Wednesday.

Boko Haram, which was founded in 2002, has many resemblances to its Christian counterpart in northern Uganda, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).

 

    Hundreds flooded New York City’s Union Square on May 3, 2014 to
protest the recent abduction of 236 Nigerian schoolgirls by the
terrorist group Boko Haram. Michael Fleshman (CC BY-NC 2.0)