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AU chief urges African states to act against Boko Haram─── 08:21 Tue, 27 Jan 2015
Pretoria - African Union chief, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has urged African states to act quickly and collectively to curb the growing threat posed by Nigeria's militant Islamists.
She says cross-border raids into Cameroon showed the dangers the Boko Haram group posed.
Nigeria has rejected AU or UN intervention, saying regional armies are capable of dealing with the threat.
Its troops repelled a new attack by Boko Haram on the key north-eastern city of Maiduguri on Sunday night.
Boko Haram launched a full-scale insurgency in north-eastern Nigeria in 2009 to create an Islamic state.
AU heads of state have agreed to include the conflict on the agenda of their summit, due to begin on Friday.
BBC
