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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jul 1, 2009
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