Boko Haram Has Established Links With Osama’s Al-Qaeda — France president

According to French
President, Francois Hollande
on Saturday, Nigeria’s Boko
Haram had “established
links” to Al-Qaeda and urged
countries in the region to
devise a common strategy to
combat its threat.

Hollande said this at a
summit meeting in Paris with
Nigeria and neighbouring countries: “Boko Haram has become a major threat for
all of west Africa and now for central Africa. Its links to AQMI (Al-Qaeda in the
Islamic Maghreb) and other terrorist organisations have been established.”