Written by Reuters Friday, 17 May 2013 15:22
Nigerian forces used jets and attack helicopters to bombard Islamist militant camps in the northeast on Friday, in their biggest military offensive since Boko Haram launched an uprising in 2009.Read more... Add new comment

Nigerian forces attacked Islamist strongholds in the northeast on Thursday, security sources said as an offensive got under way to wrest back territory from increasingly well-armed Boko Haram insurgents.
At least 31 people were killed when gunmen attacked an army base in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the military said, underlining the challenge facing a new U.N. intervention force in the territory.
Former Dutch development minister Gerard Koenders will be named U.N. special envoy for Mali and head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the West African country, where Islamist militants hijacked a revolt by Tuareg rebels, diplomats said.








