(Reuters)
– The U.N. Security Council al Qaeda sanctions committee blacklisted
Nigeria’s Islamist militant group Boko Haram on Thursday after the
kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls, diplomats said.
The sanctions on the group include an international asset freeze,
travel ban and arms embargo. Until recently, Nigeria had been reluctant
to seek international help to combat Boko Haram.
Boko Haram kidnapped more than 250 girls from a secondary school in
Chibok in remote northeastern Nigeria on April 14 and has threatened to
sell them into slavery.