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Boko Haram is West Africa's Al-Qaeda, says Nigerian President

French President Hollande welcomes Nigerian President Jonathan as he arrives to attend the African Security Summit with at the Elysee Palace in Paris Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which has kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls, is no longer a local threat but has become West Africa's Al-Qaeda, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Saturday. "Boko Haram is no longer a local terrorist group, it is operating clearly as an Al-Qaeda operation, it is an Al-Qaeda of West Africa," Jonathan told a news conference in Paris following a meeting of West African leaders on the issue.




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