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(CNN) -- The U.N. Security Council approved sanctions Thursday against Nigeria's Boko Haram.
Terror rules in northeastern Nigeria
No sign of Nigerian violence slowing
Nigerian Muslims speak out
May 23, 2014 -- Updated 1700 GMT (0100 HKT)
The U.N. Security Council approved sanctions Thursday against Nigeria's Boko Haram. FULL STORY
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NIGERIA IN FEAR
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BOKO HARAM'S GROWING REACH
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MUSLIMS SPEAK OUT
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BOKO HARAM'S GROWING REACH
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MUSLIMS SPEAK OUT
U.N. Security Council slaps Boko Haram with sanctions
May 23, 2014 -- Updated 1117 GMT (1917 HKT)
Boko Haram has Nigeria living in fear
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- The move helps hold the group's "murderous leadership accountable," says official
- Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls from a school in northern Nigeria
- Attacks in Africa's most populous nation appear to be escalating
It added the terrorist
group to the United Nation's 1267 sanctions list, a list of al
Qaeda-linked organizations subject to arms embargoes, travel bans and
asset freezes.
"Today, the Security
Council took an important step in support of the government of Nigeria's
efforts to defeat Boko Haram and hold its murderous leadership
accountable for atrocities," said Samantha Power, U.S. ambassador to the
United Nations.
"By adding Boko Haram to
the U.N.'s 1267 sanctions list, the Security Council has helped to close
off important avenues of funding, travel and weapons to Boko Haram, and
shown global unity against their savage actions," she added.
Terror rules in northeastern Nigeria
No sign of Nigerian violence slowing
Nigerian Muslims speak out
Nigeria had asked the
United Nations to make the move as attacks in Africa's most populous
nation appear to be escalating, spreading beyond Boko Haram's hotbed in
the rural northeast.
Twin blasts killed at least 118 people Tuesday at a market in the central city of Jos.
The explosions went off 20 to 30 minutes apart, sparking an inferno that sent crowds running and screaming, covered in blood.
Nigerian authorities described the blasts as "terrorist activities" but declined to speculate on who might be responsible.
In separate attacks in
Borno state this week, at least 30 people were killed by members of the
terror group, according to local residents.
Boko Haram attackers swooped in on motorcycles Monday and killed 10 people in one village, residents said.
A day later, gunmen stormed a nearby village and killed 20 others, residents said.
During the attacks, Boko
Haram set fire to homes and food stores, residents said, and fired
machine guns. The group has not claimed responsibility for those
attacks.
Both villages are close
to where more than 200 girls were kidnapped from a school last month. A
Boko Haram leader claimed responsibility in a chilling video and said he
was willing to free the girls in exchange for imprisoned militants.
"The sanctions
designation is the latest step in the international community's
long-term effort to help Nigeria counter this terrorist threat," Power
said.
"We will continue doing
everything we can to help the people of Nigeria bring back their girls,
and we will work with the government of Nigeria to eliminate Boko Haram,
including refuting their backwards and bloodthirsty ideology, because
no child anywhere should ever be afraid to pursue a brighter future."
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