Boko Haram: Islamic Uprising and Northeast Nigeria

boko haram: The United Nations last month appealed for 1 billion to tackle Africa's worst humanitarian crisis in which 5.1 million refugees face starvation in northeast Nigeria, according to Metro News. It warns many more could die in famine than the 20,000-plus killed in the seven-year Islamic uprising. Refugees have almost doubled the population of Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram, to 2.5 million. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.