Image: A Gathering of Bloggers – The Why About This, One United World. retrieved from www.thewhyaboutthis.com Burma/Myanmar: The first bill proposed by the incoming government of Myanmar’s new Parliament, led by the National League for Democracy, created a new position in the government for Aung San Suu Kyi, that of state counsellor. This position, one that has been compared to that of a Prime Minister, would skirt the constitutional ban

How Boko Haram Trains Abducted Women and Girls to Be Suicide Bombers Dionne Searcey, The New York Times 07 April 2016 Image: Rahila Amos, a Nigerian grandmother, said she was abducted by Boko Haram and forced to take classes on how to carry out a suicide bombing. CreditTyler Hicks/The New York Times MINAWAO REFUGEE CAMP, Cameroon — Hold the bomb under your armpit to keep it steady, the women and girls were taught. Sever your enemy’s head from

Image: Cultural Responses to Pain. How Is Suffering Expressed Around the World? Burma/Myanmar: The outgoing government of Myanmar lifted a curfew in Rakhine State this week, imposed in June 2012 after clashes that displaced over 140,000, mostly Rohingya.   U Htin Kyaw of the National League for Democracy was sworn in on Wednesday as the new president of Myanmar. In his speech, Mr. Htin Kyaw urged “patience in the pursuit of democracy”,

Boko Haram maintains lead as global terrorist group: Relative of abducted Chibok schoolgirls killed in recent atrocity Justice for Jos Project, US Nigeria Law Group 02 February 2016   Image credit: Stringer—AFP/Getty Images, from Time.com   On January 30, 2016, the world’s number one terror group, Boko Haram, perpetrated an especially heinous massacre in Dalori in northeastern Nigeria that pushed its 2016 murders into triple digits

Boko Haram Raid in Nigeria Kills at Least 65 Iliya Kure and Dionne Searchey, New York Times Feb. 1, 2016   Image: The wreckage of Dalori village, Nigeria. The militants set fire to as many as 300 homes in the village, burning some people alive.     Aftermath on Sunday of an attack the day before by the armed group in the village of Dalori, in northeastern Nigeria. By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE on  Publish Date February 1, 2016. Photo

More than 300 Captives Rescued from Boko Haram Gbenga Akingbule and Patrick McGroarty, Wall Street Journal 28 October 2015 Image: A photo provided by the Nigerian army on Wednesday showed some of the 338 people who were rescued after being held by Boko Haram and evacuated to Mubi, Nigeria. Photo: Nigerian Army/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—Nigeria’s military said it had rescued 338 captives from villages near the Sambisa

U.S. to Boost Military Aid to Nigeria for Boko Haram Fight: Washington wants to help Nigeria’s new president battle one of Africa’s deadliest terrorist groups, but don’t expect a fleet of surveillance drones to be part of the mix. Dan De Luce & Siobhán O'Grady, Foreign Policy 16 July 2015   The United States will expand its military assistance to Nigeria to help it wage war on the Boko Haram extremist group, but it doesn’t plan

Boko Haram’s Civilian Attacks in Nigeria Intensify Adam Nossiter, New York Times 06 July, 2015   Image: Bodies of Nigerians killed in two bomb blasts were prepared for burial Monday in the north-central city of Jos. Attacks by the Boko Haram militant group killed at least 44 civilians on Sunday. CreditAgence France-Presse — Getty Images DAKAR, Senegal — The violent campaign by the Boko Haram militant group against Nigerian civilians appeared

Anatomy of a Boko Haram Massacre Samer Muscati & Tirana Hassan, Foreign Policy 10 June 2015     Just before dawn on the morning of Jan. 3, Boko Haram fighters opened fire on a Nigerian army base near Mile 4, a small Nigerian village a few kilometers west of the town of Baga. Situated in the northeastern-most state of Borno, the base had been host to a multinational joint task force — which included troops from Niger and Chad before

Nigeria's Boko Haram abducted 2,000 women and girls: report Emma Farge and Alex Whiting, Reuters 14 April 2015   DAKAR/LONDON - Boko Haram Islamic militants have kidnapped at least 2,000 girls and women since the start of last year, turning them into cooks, sex slaves and fighters, and sometimes killing those who refused to comply, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. The human rights group's 90-page report based on dozens of interviews with