According to US intelligence officials, Boko Haram currently has around 4,000 to 6,000 "hardcore" fighters.
The Islamist militant group is also believed to still be holding 300 Nigerian school girls captive.
Following an assessment of the group's five-year uprising which has spread from Nigeria into neighboring African States, US intelligence officials concluded on Friday that the thousands of "hardcore" fighters do not currently pose a major threat to Nigerian oilfields in the south which lend Nigeria the status of Africa's top oil producer.
The militants, who have carried out a string of massacres and kidnappings, were responsible for the deaths of some 10,000 people last year in their quest to create a "safe haven" in territory controlled by Boko Haram, which includes at least 30 towns and villages.
Culled from MSN News www.msn.com/en-za/news
The Islamist militant group is also believed to still be holding 300 Nigerian school girls captive.
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The militants, who have carried out a string of massacres and kidnappings, were responsible for the deaths of some 10,000 people last year in their quest to create a "safe haven" in territory controlled by Boko Haram, which includes at least 30 towns and villages.
Culled from MSN News www.msn.com/en-za/news
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