hiv juan cole says boko haram does not have widespread appeal. >> boko haram is a fringe movement, itis a terrorist group which has assassinated learned men, terrorized communities, and it is a small group relatively speaking but it casts a large shadow. >> reporter: mass killings and the kidnapping of school girls are the most recent events on a series of bold attacks on civilians and government forces. wealthy is centered in the south where christians are the majority. boko haram is based in the poverty stricken north which is mostly muslim. in 2010 boko haram engineered a prison break which freed almost 700 inmates. the following year it launched a suicide attack on the united nations building in abuja. accused of murdering 65 school boys. in april, blew up a bus station that killed nearly 100 people. historian are. >> the biggest issue is credibility. boko haram preyed on the sensibilities of nigerians. obviously it's lost that reputation since then but the problem is, the nigerian government did not manage to step up and fill that void. >> most of boko haram' boko hars believe ed

boko haram is nothing new. the group has been committing acts of violence in africa's popular country for years. randall pinkston reports. >> reporter: for more than five years boko haram's fighters used violent attacks to gain publicity, with mass killings, bombings and destruction of property. >> we are boko haram. >> reporter: the self-proclaimed leader declared war on christians, saying his group wants to establish islamic law in nige. the u.s. government says abubakar shekau is a terrorist. he tack over after the -- took over offer the capture and execution of the group's founder. nigeria's government launched several unsuccessful straights. his story says boko haram does not have widespread appeal. >> boko haram is a friendship j movement, a terrorist group which has assassinated muslim larned men. it has terror used communities, and it is a small group relatively speeting but casts a -- speaking but casts a shadow. >> reporter: mass kidnapping of the school girls is one of a series of bold attacks. wealt

boko haram may be the nigerian taliban. therefore we didn't know the taliban a decade ago in the united states in terms of their capacity for attack. i'm not suggesting that boko haram will be on our shores, that is not our point. i want to make it clear. i'm suggesting that boko haram is trying to spread its evil violence across the region, across from north africa into west africa and into nigeria. a police of business and thriving opportunity is not going to survive if boko haram is allowed to kill, pilling, rape and destroy villages and municipalities with impunity. they have to know their before is doing to stop. i make the argument that this is not only a military operation, we have to intervene with social services, education, investment in northern nigeria. businesses training, rebuilding the schools, the mosque. the hospitals, the christian churns and do it in the face of boko haram. and dare them to think they can destroy this beautiful country. >>> congress woman sheila jackson lee. good to have you with us and b

he joined a year ago after boko haram attacked his district. he lives in a deprived part of the city where the young have very little. it's in areas of abject poverty that boko haram has thrived, but this is a place are mohammed and many like him maintain a vigilance of anything suspicious. his family is still traumatized by the attack in which boko haram shot dead seven people including mohammed's father and three younger brothers. >> they even tried to kill my grandfather. they kill so many people in our area. >> reporter: with boko haram attacks increasing the role of the vigilanties is not just concentrated on this area. many members are tasked with intelligence dutie duties. spying on potential informers. >> this is a war and the vigilanties are playing an important role protecting their city. boko haram is controlling the ground outside of the city killing at will whenever and wherever they want. and not far away more than 4,000 people who escaped from attacks on the surrounding villages now seeking shelter wherever they can find it. amon

it's in areas of ab jacket poverty that boko haram -- ab jelent poverty -- abject poverty that boko haramurvived. they are maintaining a lookout for anything suspicious. his family is traumatised by an attack where boko haram shot dead mohammed's gather and three younger siblings. >> they tried to kill my grandfather. they killed so many people in our area. >>> with boko haram attacks increase of course,m vigilant -- the vigilantes are not just concentrated on this job. many are tasked with intelligence, spying on informers, and tracking attackers. this is a war and the vigilantes are playing an important role. there's a siege-like mentality. boko haram are commanding the ground outside of the city killing at will, wherever, whenever they want. and not far away more than 4,000 people who escaped from attacks on surrounding villages, now seeking shelter wherever they can find it. among them is this man and his family. two weeks ago boko haram made him watch as they shot his 17-year-old son dead, along with 47 other people. >> i saw it with my own eyes. i have to accept it's god's will. i'm

mohammed joined a year ago after boko haram attacked his district.it's in areas of abject poverty where boko haram has thrived, but this is a place where mohammed and many like him maintain a vigilance of anything suspicious. his family is still traumatized by the attack in which boko haram shot dead seven people including mohammed's father and three younger brothers. >> with boko haram attacks increasing the role of the vigilanties is not just concentrated on this high profile job. many are tasked with intelligence duties, spying on people who might be informers, and tracking suspected attackers. this is a role that the vigilanties are playing in this city. but there is a siege-like mentality because boko haram are controlling the ground outside of the city, killing at whether whenever they want. and not far away more than 4,000 people who escaped the attacks on the surrounding villages now seeking shelter wherever they can find it. among them are this family. boko haram made him watch as she shot his 17-year-old son dead along with 47 other people.

bocboko haram kidnapped 200 schl girls in april.t reason would they have to kidnap another 60, assuming that they have? >> reporter: i mean, that's right, on that point it's now day 71 since that kidnapping and very little progress has been made. 276 girls taken more than two months ago. now 219 still remain missing. as far as any connection of what advantage it might be for boko haram, if it is indeed true, then this would be an escalation, trying to put more pressure on the government, either for possibly for more concessions and possibly amnesty, which is entirely unclear what the latest policy of the government is, but up until now, it has been such that it would not negotiate, it would not actually give way and give amnesty the president itself said. but hard to game, but definitely there are signs of an escalation of activity of boko haram. it's never been more deadly. it's never been more proactive. and undoubtedly, even though they are not making any claim of responsibility, it's quite likely that they did carry out recent a

this man was a member of what became boko haram. he knew shekau personally. >> translator: he's a fanatic, not well versed in islamic law. he takes hasty decisions and is very hard lined on islamic matters. even his former mentor was careful around him, because he was not open to any form of compromise. >> reporter: shekau spent his former years here in a major city in the northeast of nigeria. even by local standards, shekau lived in abject poverty in this house, in a slum quarter of the city. shekau later enrolled himself at this formal islamic school run by the government. one former classmate remembers him as a loner who kept himself apart from the other students. >> translator: we thought of him as psychologically affected. just looking at him you could tell that he's not completely with it. >> reporter: but shekau went on to lead boko haram five years ago. instigating a wave of terror through bombings and abductions. i headed north to meet another former colleague of abu bakr shekau. he thinks the international outcry over the

that's what boko haram suggested. the government says, if we start releasing them, we make them stronger. we think about those who haven't been killed or kidnapped. they're very dangerous and violent. they don't want to give them any advantage. >> you mentioned the connection to al qaeda. how strong of a connection is there between boko haram and al qaeda? are they it officially deemed by al qaedas a membering organization? >> the ald leadership in afghanistan has never to my knowledge once even publicly mentioned boko haram. there's no talk that the program -- the behavior isn't the sort of thing that the current leadership would sanction. certainly these massive attacks on civilians seemingly wanton killing of civilians in large numbers and he very large proportions, muslim civilians as well, is not the kind of thing, in fact, al qaeda's leadership came out reese entsly to say that they didn't want too much killing of civilians in syria. they actually broke away with al qaeda if iraq and they condemned this. so the

to try to defend the capitol of borno state against boko haram attacks. tens of thousands of young men are at check points and on patrols and joint missions with the nigerian army. they're provided with equipment, some are paid wages. >> we know every one of them. when we see them people will die. >> reporter: recruits have been easy to find. like mohammed, he joined a year ago after boko haram attacked his district. he lives in a deprived part of the city where the young have very little. it's in areas of abject poverty that boko haram has thrived, but this is a place where mohammed and many like him maintain their vigilance of anything suspicious. his family is still traumatized by the attack of which boko haram shot dead seven people including mohammed's father and three younger brothers. >> so many people. >> reporter: many are tasked with intelligence duties spy duties. spying on potential informants. >> reporter: boko haram are commanding the ground outside of the city killing at will wherever, whenever they want. >> many seek shelter where they can

it's in areas of abject poverty that boko haram has thrived. but this is a place where mohammed and many like him maintain their vigilance of anything suspicious. this family is still traumatized by the attack in which boko haram shot dead seven people including mohammed's father and three younger brothers. >> they even tried to kill my grandfather. they have killed so many people in our area. >> reporter: with boko haram attacks breezing, the role of the vigilanties is not just concentrated on this high pressure job. many men are spying on potential informers and would be attackers. >>> there is a siege-like mentality here because boko haram are commanding the ground outside of the city killing at will wherever, whenever they want. >> and not far away more than 4,000 people who escaped from attacks on surrounding villages now seeking shelter where they can find it. among them is this man, two weeks ago boko haram made him watch as they shot his 17-year-old dead along with 47 other people. >> i have to accept this as god as will. i'm helpless n

>> on that note boko haram is killing civilians on a daily basis. many fear they are trying to create a fundamentalist belt across west africa. hundreds were arrested in a convoy in the southern part of nigeria. that is not where the group is supposed to separate. is the nigeria government capable of stopping them or do we have to intervene there too? >> i think what has to happen is the nigerian government is leading one of the most prosperous nation or the most prosperous nation. in 2025, maybe there'll be 440 million persons. they have 7% growth. they have 60% of their people in poverty and 10 million children not in school. i think this will have to be a collaboration with the united nations. but also with the african union and have got to join with cameroon and say no to boko haram. they may be the nigerian taliban. we didn't know the taliban a decade ago in terms of attack. i'm not suggesting that boko haram will be on our shores, that is not my point. what i suggest is that boko haram is trying to spread its evil violence across the region, a

. >>> burning to the boko haram militants who kidnap more than 200 girls. in may the families welcomed the arrival of aid and drones hoping to help find the girls believed to be stater -- scattered across hostile territory. boko haram continued a campaign of terror, massacring civilians on a daily basis. this week 21 were killed by a bomb as fans gathered to watch a world cup match the the militants are expanding their reach to kidnap young boys, forcing them to join their sent. members of congress went to get help from the ma'am anies. >> we call upon the government of nigeria to establish a national victim's fund for all of the victims who suffered at the hands of boko haram, for the girls that are missing, for the girls that escaped, for their family, the father who spoke to us about missing daughter and he could hardly speak for tears were coming to his eyes. >> the congressman led the delegation to nigeria, and calling for attention on the search for kidnapped girls. good of you to join us. there's worldwide interest in the girls. what did you learn ab

boko haram means this for evil. but despite all the evil and all the suffering, god could still work this together for good. and also looked in the camera there and i said, i have a message for boko haram, you think your hate for christians is so powerful no one can overcome it? let me tell you, there is a stronger force than your hate and that is the love of these parents for their children. that is the christian love you find in nigeria. and your hate will never be able ultimately to win the day over the stronger force of love. i believe that with all my heart. i'm looking forward to the day when love triumphs over the evil of boko haram. mr. smith: before we -- you got here, at least i raised thish issue of adama, he was a man i met in a camp in september of last year, and he did tell the story about how boko haram broke into his house, dragged him outside, terrorists holding an ak-47 right to his nose area, and with his wife weeping, pleading with this man not to shoot her husband, he said you convert or i'll sh

it is suspected that boko haram is to blame. they are blamed for the abduction of another 90 people, including 60 women and children in borno, the government is disputing whether the kidnappings happened. andrew simmonds reports from the state capital my duingary. >> behind the vigilante checkpoints one of the roads out leading to a no go area where boko haram has a big presence. it was a demander from this -- commanter from this state-run task force that was the first to report a kidnapping. posted 60km into the military zone. now the state governor who employs the me says an inquiry is under way, but there needs to be checks on the accuracy of eyewitness reports. >> here in the state capital's displaced people center where the food queues are getting bigger no one is surprised by reports of more ab suctions. aside from hunger there's unrest here, anxiety, fear. >> the immediate needs of these people are obvious. food, shelter, safety. what they also want is some assurances for the future. where do they go next. who will look a

it's in areas of abject poverty that boko haram survived. this is a place where mohammed and many like him maintain a vigilance for anything suspicious. his family is traumatised by the attack, in which boko haram shot dead seven people, including mohammed's father and three younger brothers. >> they tried to kill my grandfather. they couldn't make it. so many people in our area. >> with boko haram attacks continuing the roll of vigilantes is not fobzed on this job. many are tasked with duetize - spying on people who may be -- duties, spying on people who may be attackers. >> reporter: this is a war. there's a siege-like mentality because boko haram are commanding the ground outside the city, killing at will, whenever, wherever they want. >> and not far away more than 4,000 escaped from attacks on surrounding villagers. seeking shelter where they can find it. among them ali bukar and his family. two weeks ago boko haram made him waf as they shot -- watch as they shot his 17-year-old dead, and 47 others. >> i saw it with my own eyes. i have t

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there are many quite credible reports that the nigerian military is on occasion outgunned by boko haram. something that's implausible given the size of the nigerian defense budget. >> reporter: 200 school girls kidnapped in april are still being held. president obama has sent a u.s. special forces team to help in the search while the nigerian president says his forces know where the girls are but that a rescue operation is close to impossible without risking the lives of many of them. >> when there have been efforts to rescue kidnapped victims using force they have been murdered. >> reporter: there are no known formal ties between boko haram and nigeria and isis. but it's worth noting their chief aim is much the same. establishing a hard line islamic state. >> thank you. russian president vladimir putin says the week long cease-fire in

as i close, i ask to stop the headlines like this as boko haram continues to rage. i ask support for the jackson lee amendment. the chair: the gentlelady's sime time has expired. does anyone seek opposition. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, the amendment is agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman from iowa seek recognition? mr. king: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. king of iowa, at the end of the bill before the short title insert the following, section, none of the funds may be use todd transfer weapons to the palestinian authority. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 628, the gentleman from iowa, member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from iowa. mr. king: this amendment says as the gentlelady read, none of the funds available made by this act may be used to transfer weapons to the palestinian authority and i would like to express why i brought this amendment. and i take y

andrew is on the line in northern nigeria and andrew first how likely is it that it's boko haram andou give us some more details? >> reporter: first of all, we just have been speaking to a vigilante common -- commander and the police are not confirming this, the government isn't either, but a vigilante commander in the town here has confirmed that three village's have been attacked by insurgents and that total of 90 people and most are young people and the information now is they were not all children. there were around 60 females and at least 30 males, some of whom were younger men but not in any way is this like chibook which it's now 71 days since that kidnapping raid on a school, it's not a raid on a school. and what we are hearing now from the vigilante commander is that these abductions were made over a three-day period. thursday, friday and saturday. so this is very unlike the last attack but massively disturbing at a time of great tension here in these northern nigerian village's which are quite a concern. >> that's right, andrew, what else can you tell us about this area tha

he is based in nigeria and extensively covered the rise of boko haram. these places such easy targets? where is the security? >> well, the security at the moment is overstretched, dealing with so many crises, trying to put out so many fires all over the country, and it looks like they don't have the numbers to deal with all of these problems coming up. and the other thing is, probably there isn't enough funds to man always and funds to recruit more soldiers and policemen to deal with the situation. the president himself ordered the military and the police to recruit more officers to try to deal with the situation. you remember, since the beginning of the insurgency, so many police officers have been targeted and killed by boko haram. so basically the nigerian security agencies are trying to deal with so many troubles all over the country from boko haram so religious and ethnic balance all over the nation. and it looks like they don't have the numbers to deal with these problems. >> and in the meantime, we're seei see boko haram launch more attacks. what

are you convinced that the nigerian government can stop boko haram? >> i think the nigerian government has sought out help from the international community. but they themselves need to do internal soul searching. their technical capacity is a question of whether or not the resources are actually reaching their forces or whether the story of alleged graft and corruption are debilitating their capacity. but there's clearly a failure to address whether they have an adequate strategy or even a strategy at all, to respond to this crisis. >> but failure to address the situation adequately is a polite way of saying, they're not getting it done at all. >> unfortunately not. as you mentioned that there have been killings since. there was roughly 300 people who were killed at the beginning of june. they attacked yesterday. there were attacks even quite near chibok where the girls were abducted. so the security situation has not improved. despite some assistance going in even from the united states, despite announcements by the 9 nigerian military, with about 10

the boko haram forces do seem extremely well equipped.y have been all along since the whole campaign started in 2009. but never before has there been this frequency of attacks and not just the northeast but the capitol and wednesday's attack in which 22 were killed and then also in bouchi last friday night there were 11 people killed there and of course on top of all of this there is still the agonizing uncertainty for parents of the school girls, 276 of them who were kidnapped from the school which is only five kilometers from these attacks. they are still missing, 219 still missing, day 77 now of this whole trauma for these people, nothing about the girls it would appear and nothing the government is sharing and it's a total message a real feeling among nigeria and a feeling of desperation about this. >> thank you very much, that was al jazeera andrew simmons live and still ahead on al jazeera the price of life, a top u.s. car maker will talk about compensation for cars with faulty ignition and they want to weed out illegal immigrants a

an attack by boka haram fighters killed nine elders in the family. the eldest son looks up to what used to be eight households. >> it is too: farm something all we know. we have used up our reserves. most of the men who helped with farm work have been killed in the last attack. i and a few left behind can't do it. i don't know what to do. did has been changed by the attack that killed 53. >> i have heard of the rainy season gone. by now, farmers should be tending crops. >> that's not the case here. in many other communities affected by the violence, sweening northern nigeria, farms like these are idle which means there will be less food in the coming year. . >> this is the biggest worry. he escaped attackers along with his wife and five children. 43 members of his community did not. after his business was destroyed, feeding the family became a struggle. >>. >> all my commercial things and my home were burned along with my hopes and family dreams. you could be attacked when you go to farms. we are afraid. sometimes my children ask me what's going on.

has there been a claim of responsibility from boko haram?, there havet but boca ham rah is slow to make claims. there has also been a lot of fighting in this area and we are now hearing confirmation from official source that his a lot of boko haram fighters were killed in the knew let pats district on saturday. now whether these two were i want linked is unclear. the real problem is, that this zone, we can't access it to independently verify any of these claims. and also the infrastructure is so broken down that word getting out by cell phone, by witnesses, is quite rare, so the military are warning off journalists and it is dangerous there and a large risk of kidnapping and also of counterattack and attack by nigerian military and the insurgents think so a difficult picture. >> let me dive in to the idea of secure any it the area. give us a sense and i think you were alluding to in your last response, how insecure the area feels to you. you say it's an active military zone. how difficult is it for you to get in and out and to do your work?

mohammed buka joined after boka haram attacked his district. he lives in old madugery where the young have very little. it's in areas of abject poverty that boka haram has thrived. this is a place where mohammed or many like him maintain a vigilance for anything suspicious. his family is still traumatized by the attack in which boka haram shot dead several people including mohammed's father and three younger brothers. >> tried to kill my grandfather. they couldn't make it so many people in our area. >> with boka haram attacks increasing, the role of the vigilantes isn't just concentrated on this high-profile job. many are tasked with intelligence duties spying on people who might be informers and tracking suspected attackers. >> this is a war. the vigilantes are playing an important role in defending this city. there is a siege-like meant 'til mortality here because boka haram are commanding the ground outside of the city, killing at will, wherever, whenever they want. >> and not far away more than 4,000 people who escaped from attacks on surro

like mohammed, joining after boko haram attacked his district.e lives in old maiduguri, a deprived part of the city where the young have little. it's in areas of ab jelent poverty -- abject poverty that boko haram thrived. this is a place where they maintain a vigilance for anything suspicious. his family is traumatised by the attack in which boko haram shot dead seven people, including his father and three younger brothers. >> even they try to kill my grandfather, so they couldn't make it. they kill so many peoples in our area. >>> with boko haram attacks increasing the role is not just concentrated on a high-profile job. many members are tasking with intelligence duties, spying on people who may be informers, tracking attackers. this is a war and the vigilantes are playing an important role in defending the city. there's a siege-like mentality. boko haram are commanding the ground outside the city, killing at will. whenever and wherever they want. not far away, 4,000 who escaped from attacks seeking shelter wherever they can find it. among them

abuja has repeatedly been attacked by the rebel group boko haram. we're joined live from abuja. yvonne, what more do we know about the explosion? do we know anything about the number of casualties. >> we know that the explosion was incredibly powerful. now what we can see here is 70 or 60 burned out vehicles that have been completely destroyed. and there is a lot of building debris as emergency services, unfortunately, are still picking body parts up off the floor. and it is simply a very terrible scene. thousands have shown up here to see what is going on. the military has been trying to hold back the crowd, who are just shocked and concerned about what has gone on here. and what we understand to be the emergency services is that there are people who have been killed. they are not saying how many one unofficial report is suggesting somewhere around eight people but we're also hearing a figure of 21 as the police are talking about up to 21 dead. this is really terrible. a chaos and scene just a shocking scene at an electronics area where people come to purchase goods from the ci

intelligence agencies say it had warned two weeks before by the impending attack by boko haram. president jonathan said that his country is facing one of its darkest periods. >> this is one of the biggest text tile markets in africa. traders come here to buy or sell. this is is the only thing he knows. trading in nigeria in clothing tech tiles, but the attacks by boko haram over the last three years have effected people like him. >> people suffer. >> many customers from neighboring countries stay away. only those who with stand the stress of nigeria checkpoint will buy. >> i have been coming here for 15 years to buy goods. but i will not come here again, ever. >> with threats of violence by boko haram many are staying away. that means loss of revenue and businesses for government. violence has had an impact on companies here. many have already been hurt by power outages and smuggle. the attacks by boko haram have only made the situation worse, and as a result some industries have had to cut production and layoff staff. this man has invested thousands of dollars in his text tile

you have immediately attributed to boko haram. >> definitely it will be attributed to boko haram.y have threaten today attack abuja before. the bus station and market. they said that they were going to attack abuja, they have people, cells, maybe sleeper cells in abuja. even the security forces have been warning residents of abuja that shopping malls, markets and busy, crowded places could be targets of these fighters. >> and given the number of abductions of young people, girls in the main taking part in the northwest of the country and the attacks as you say not the first on the nigerian capital, it does seem as though boko haram is running rings around the authorities around the police and indeed around the army. >> absolutely. the state of attacks across nigeria, from the northeast to the central parts of nigeria targeting including the federal capital is sort of confusingment by the time the security forces deploy to an area they find their way to another area and attack it. so it's becoming more and more for the security force to his tackle this head on. actually at the mome

the boko haram strongly rejects western medicine. workers in bordering states have come under attack. >> polio has been eradicated in many parts of the world, but extremist violence in nigeria could stop progress in working out the disease there. >> he was infected with polio at the age of two, and has been living with the effects ever since. he has made it his life's mission to educate parents about the dangers of the disease in his hometown in northern nigeria. but his task is not easy. many parents refuse to have their children immunized, as they are afraid of western medicine. >> the simple thing we do to draw the attention is to tell mothers, as a result of this polio issue, some of us cannot afford to get education. some of us are not unemployed. some of us do not have accessibility to the area. you really want your child to be like me? at such a statement, they will immediately give it a try for immunization. >> polio victims are on every street corner, forced to beg for a living. progress was being made through immunization.

looking at ways to defeat boko haram. they will do more to help the government. >> this will mean significant expanding the training and tactical assistance that the u.k. provides to the nigerian armed forces. it will include helping to train units deployed on counter insurgency operations in northeast nigeria. we will also provide further assistance to regional security and intelligence cooperation. but it is now almost three months since the school girls were abducted. mr. hague said he wouldn't give a running commentary on efforts to rescue them, but he did say that nigeria and neighboring countries have agreed to share intelligence, and tighten borders. is fact that the school girls is still missing is an indictment and it shows the limits of western with power. at this conference, which is specifically looking at ways of protecting limiting conflict, you can sense the frustration, that those girls are still held by boko haram. >> they want education. they wanted after the education, to get a job, they wont to contrib

no one has claimed responsibility, but the blame will go to boko haram. it happened in a state, where the state of emergency was declared by the nigerian authorities. . >> you have been covering the attack by boko haram, and the kidnapping the girls some time ago, weeks ago. what is the security situation in nigeria, and how has it changed during that time? >> basically attacks by the extremist group boko haram has been on the increase. aroundnd of january and beginning of february. it seems like the attacks are getting more and more bold are, and the group is becoming more damning in its attack, targetting military and police officers, attacking schools, ab ducting people and targetting isolated villages. over the last five months or so, boko haram has killed many people than it did in the entire last year, entire 2013. remember, there was several attacks in the capital. two or three attacks, first one that targeted a bus station, and another a market, where another secondary device killed a lot of people. also it advanced towards the central part of nig

an tack by boko haram fighters killed nine elders in the family. eldest son looks after what used to be eight households. >> translator: getting a meal is tough enough for us already, never mind planting acres of farmlands. farming is all we know. now we have used up our reserves and the feeds. and most of the men who is helping farm work have been killed in the last attack. i and the few boys left behind can't do it. i just don't know what to do. >> reporter: his life and that of hundreds more have been changed by the attack that killed 53. outside of the rainy season is gone, by now farmers should be tending their crops, that's not the case here and in many other communities affected by the violence, sweeping northern nigeria yeah, farms like this are idle which means there will be less food in the coming year. this is the his biggest worry. he escaped his attackers along with his wife and five children. 43 members of his community did not. after his business was destroyed, feeding the family became a struggle. >> translator: all my commerce shal

this wom sp is from a -- woman is from a village attacked by boko haram. her husband was killed with others. she said the nigeria army was near r nearby. >> if they had come, we would have been happy. they should have saved him. they are the ones who are supposed to protect us. >> this person is from a noiburing village -- neighbouring village and believes the federal government and army has been negligent. >> we are nlent. when we -- minute. when we -- innocent. when we report an attack they rarely come. if they do come they shoot aimlessly. every day we hide - morning, noon and night. >> there's a growing feeling of hostility not just to boko haram, but to the army and politicians. the people want to go back to their old way of life. throughout the region, there's no prospect of normality returning. >>> we'll have more on the top story - iraq. our correspondent hoda abdel-hamid is joining us live. describe to us where you are. >> well, i'm in a youth building in erbil. around me it is packed with people that arrived overnight. now, they all come from a t

plus these are the school girls who avoided boka haram. we will tell you how they have been coping since classmates were kidnapped. they are gearing up to watch team portugal go up against the red, white and blue. ♪ >> the islamic state of iraq in the lavant is making major gangs in iraq as they advance toward baghdad. rebel fighters took over three more tongues overnight as well as a strategic border crossing with syria. there is a very fluid situation unfolding right now in iraq's biggest oil refinery in bajai. the iraqi army responded by sending in 50 military tanks to the city of haditha. the army has also responded with airstrikes over mosul where isil fighters took over about two weeks ago, forcing hundreds of thousands of residents to flee. now, the fighters seem to have sites set on ramadi, the capitol of iraq's largest province. the latest from baghdad. >> reporter: the movement is not all across the western iraq, this is a key area because isil controls the eastern parts of syria which neighbors iraq. so this gives them apply rou

and this looks like an escalation in boko haram in that part of the country. i remember why the abduction took mace. more nan 200 school girls were abducted. but these have been taking mace for other a honk period of time, maybe three years. this is an escalation because of the fact this this year alone, perhaps it's the moodiest that was ever recorded. so these abductions indicates that bo caha ram activity is definitely increasing and it looks like the security portions are finding it difficult to contain this. >> and that despite a fact that a state of emergency is now over a year old in at least three states, in that part of the country, so why is the military the nigerian military, obviously one of the biggest and most effected why is it finding so difficult to police this part of the country? >> first of all, this issues of most -- many of the militaries officer whose are operating in that part of the country, not from that part of the country and that's the reason why they are involving they are involving people like civilians, or vigilantes to help the

i expect it to come back on the agenda. >> thank you very much. >>> boko haram's campaign of violence schools to shut down in northeast nigeria over the past four years. more than 200 schoolgirls are in captivity seven weeks after being abducted by the terrorist group. they were already extremely low in the north but now there are efforts to reform the schools so that millions of children can get a broader education. will ross reports now from the city that has been attacked in the past by boko haram. >> reporter: not all classrooms look the same here. you won't always find desks or chairs. some aren't rooms at all. there is though a massive hunger to learn. a staggering 11 million children in the north do not get any formal education beyond learning the ka ran. minimum texts is a part of growing up here. >> these schools have been around generations. there are 800 students at this one. things are changing slowly. if a few minutes time, several dozen will break away and have classes in numerals and literacy. at another religious school, children are getting used to a varied diet after

boko haram militants have carried out similar attacks in the past. cup,en before the world boko haram had targeted football viewing centers in nigeria. in march, at least 40 people were killed in twin explosions while watching a game in the video hall in the northeastern town. another attack a week later killed at least 14 people. it is one of three states in nigeria that has been placed under emergency rule because of the boko haram insurgency. earlier this month, nigerian authorities said they had received intelligence of planned bomb attacks during the competition and ordered all thees planning to screen games to close. nigerians are known to be strong supporters of their national team. open-air viewing centers are popular throughout nigeria. fans often have no other means to see the team in action. >> let's get a reminder of our top stories on "france 24." jihadist militants attack i rock -- iraq's largest refinery. --ainians president ukraine's president announces a cease-fire in the east of his country. a deadly attack in northern nigeria that

no group claimed responsibility for the attack, but nigerians suspect boko haram, the same terroristhe town of shebak in april. the hashtag bring back our girls is still active though no longer trending with celebrity input. the girls have still not been found. similar attacks have been staged in recent weeks across northern nigeria, where boko haram operates, often targeting places like sports bars, video halls, and open air screening spots where they can kill and maim football fans. part of their continuing war against modernity. in their drive to set up a is m islamic state in africa's most populous country and one that's half christian. according to a report in the "los angeles times," boko haram's attacks have increasingly targeted civilians in an attack on a boarding school in yobi state in february, dozens of schoolboys were shot in their beds, burned alive or this herr throats cuts. hundreds of school teachers have been killed in northern nigeria since last year. markets and bus stations have been hit as well for the associated press. nigeria's military has promised increased

the waves of terror outside of the city are ruled by boko haram. there is a whole mess going on outside in the sense that the fabric of society has been wrecked these past few months with the most unprecedented level of violence. trying to keep that calmer, the government trying to do that is an immense start. >> the women who are in the middle of all this, the abducted nigerian girls. we go to a psychologist about the psychology of the girls who have been kidnapped. >> first there is the trauma of the kidnapping itself. then there is the removal from their families, and third, these girls know what these men are like. they know what they're capable of, and then there is the trauma, the rape, the torture to which they're subjected. probably started out with a great deal of hope. and every day that they're not raped and not tortured there will be a revival of hope. but as days and months go on there will be a state of hopelessness that will set in. depending on the coping style of each of these individual girls. they will do whatever it is that they

jenna: boko haram kidnapping dozens more young women and men in northern nigeria. you may recall back in april, big story, the same group abducted hundreds of schoolgirls from the very same area. they still remain captive as we get news of this new abduction today. chief correspondent jonathan hunt as details on that. >> reporter: jenna, witnesses say these latest kidnappings are the again the work of boko haram, the militant group that wants to establish a hard-line islamic state in nye gear yaw. their focus is on the northeast corner of the country which is where the new attacks took place. some 60 women and girls and 31 boys taken from villages in the area according to the witnesses. boko haram campaign which includes demands some of its fighters to be released by the into nigerian government has been stepped up this year with villages repeatedly terrorized. nigerian officials deny that these latest abductions took place. we should point out nigerian authorities have not been reliable in reporting of these kind of events in the past. as for more than 200 girls k

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boko haram has only made the situation worse. and industries have had to cut production and layoff staff. investing thousands of dollars in his textile company hoping improved security will bring in customers, but that has yet to pay off. >> our plan to employ people. virtually failed. our plan to train people, which we started, virtually failed. our plan to step up production, failed. our plan for markets, failed. >> it means that countries are looking elsewhere for supplies. business owners here are working and praying that these concerns disappear. but as recent events have shown no one is certain how soon things will improve. al jazeera, nigeria. >> the cease-fire in ukraine has been extended until monday but perhaps only in name. the president announced the temporary truss last week but the separatists and the ukrainian military have both continued to clash. last night four more ukrainian soldiers were killed in the east. and ukraine's president, president poroshenko, is scheduled to speak today with russia's president vladi