jul 1, 2009 - Hundreds die in northeastern Nigeria after the
Boko Haram Islamist movement launches a
campaign of violence in a bid to have Sharia law
(Sharia Law is the law of Islam) imposed on the
entire country. Security forces storm Boko
Haram's stronghold and kill the movement's leader.
Government frees the leader of the Niger
Delta militant group Mend, Henry Okah, after he
accepts an amnesty offer.
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