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Nigeria's Boko Haram 'cattle markets' shut down
Source: BBC
Nigeria's Boko Haram 'cattle markets' shut down
4 March 2016 Africa
Four cattle markets in northern Nigeria, where stolen animals were allegedly being sold to finance the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency, have been shut down.
Insurgents are using unscrupulous middlemen to sell stolen cattle, the governor of Borno state said.
Trade was suspended about two weeks ago at Gamboru cattle market - one of the biggest in Africa.
Boko Haram has stolen thousands of cattle in Nigeria and nearby Cameroon.
The group's six-year insurgency has led to the deaths of some 17,000 people, destroyed some 1,000 schools and displaced more than two million people.
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4 March 2016 Africa
Four cattle markets in northern Nigeria, where stolen animals were allegedly being sold to finance the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency, have been shut down.
Insurgents are using unscrupulous middlemen to sell stolen cattle, the governor of Borno state said.
Trade was suspended about two weeks ago at Gamboru cattle market - one of the biggest in Africa.
Boko Haram has stolen thousands of cattle in Nigeria and nearby Cameroon.
The group's six-year insurgency has led to the deaths of some 17,000 people, destroyed some 1,000 schools and displaced more than two million people.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35727473
