feature: boko haram kills over 2000 people in nigeria.

Following a series of attacks last week in north east Nigeria, leaving over 2000 dead, Boko Haram – the militant Islamist group responsible for abducting 200 school girls last year (#bringbackourgirls) – claimed further lives yesterday with a female suicide bomber blowing herself up at a busy market. What is most shocking, is that the bomber was reportedly a 10 year old girl. Read more on the story here. Our thoughts go out to all those effected.

By Alexander Aplerku. AFROPUNK Contributor