THE SOUTH African government will leave
it to the Economic Community of West
African States (Ecowas) to determine its
ability to address the ongoing attacks in
Nigeria at the hands of Boko Haram,
according to the Department of
International Relations and Co-operations.
SA has joined the international community
in a chorus of condemnation over the
latest attacks by the self-proclaimed
Islamist group in northern Nigeria.
The attack that took place in Baga town at
the end of last week is reported to be the
terrorist group’s deadliest attack yet,
claiming as many as 2,000 lives. The
attacks have been condemned by most of
the international community, including SA.
However, Department of International
Relations and Co-operations spokesman
Clayson Monyela told Business Day that it
would be up to the regional economic
group of West Africa Ecowas, to decide if
interventions from other states in other
regions of Africa and internationally were
needed to address the crisis.
"Nigeria is part of Ecowas and we are Sadc
(South African Development Community).
Any action will be decided by Ecowas. As
things stand there has not been a request
for assistance from Nigeria.
"The region to activate any action will have
to be Ecowas, who can forward that to the
African Union, United Nations and possibly
to the UN Security Council," Mr Monyela
said.
No updates of upcoming meetings were
posted on the Ecowas website on Sunday.
Ongoing acts of terror by Boko Haram
have humiliated the army and government
of that country, led by President Goodluck
Jonathan, who will look to be re-elected in
the country’s elections next month.
Last year the group kidnapped more than
200 schoolgirls in Chibok and forced the
hostages to convert to Islam and marry
members of the Islamist movement. The
schoolgirls have yet to be recovered.
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My heart,bleeds for the people of baga

una jst wake? Ask urself dis question, wat wil Nigeria do? If na other african countries Nigeria go don run go help...yet nearly after 4 yrs they are stil contemplatin on weda to join or not

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manutdadex:
una jst wake? Ask urself dis question, wat wil Nigeria do? If na other african countries Nigeria go don run go help...yet nearly after 4 yrs they are stil contemplatin on weda to join or not

They will not but go to the UN and fight for you aegis raise a special tax to fund the victims. Later claim they eliminated Boko Harm and help save you from extinction.
Is that not what Nigeria did during apartheid?

BluIvy:


They will not but go to the UN and fight for you aegis raise a special tax to fund the victims. Later claim they eliminated Boko Harm and help save you from extinction.
Is that not what Nigeria did during apartheid?

More like fund raise for Nigeria and then chow the money, when Nigeria finally defeats Boko Haram we shall claim we fought Boko Haram on their behalf.

What Nigeria fails to note is its neighbouring states are not ready for these islamists elements to overrun their country.They'll be willing for a standing force to repel them.

Shame on Nigeria if the Security Council passes a resolution for intervention in the North-East.

it seems nigeria doesnt trust other african states it believes it is a Giant and cannot recieve help from other countries in africa but willing to ask for US for help. my concirn is the life of those notherners that are left exposed to the BH. cant UN act fast here AU is quiet like a baby. #nigerianoonecares even GEJ dismissed the figures 2000 bodies and he says roughly 150 bodies....

South Africa itself would be
threatened if its soldiers joined
African Union forces in going to war
against Nigerian terror group Boko
Haram, a military expert has warned.
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The AU is mulling plans to deploy its
military intervention force to fight the
Islamic group.
Last week Boko Haram reportedly killed
hundreds of people in raids on the
northeastern Nigerian town of Baga, which
it seized along with a military base used by
a multinational force fighting it. However,
the Nigerian government said the death
toll did not exceed 150.
Military analyst Helmoed Heitman said that
if the AU force were to be deployed, with
South African troops leading it, the threat
of terror attacks closer to home would be
increased.
"Make no mistake, we are not immune to
terrorism. Our borders are completely
porous," said Heitman.
"If we do go and Boko Haram decides to
take us on and bring the fight onto our
streets, we must not be surprised."
Heitman said that if the force's
deployment were before March, when
another of the six countries that have
agreed to provide troops and equipment
for the AU intervention force would take
its turn to shoulder the load, at least 1500
South African airborne, mechanised and
infantry troops would deploy.
"South Africa has committed various
fighting elements, including Rooivalk
attack helicopters, Oryx helicopters,
Gripen and Hawk fighter jets, artillery and
armoured vehicles, all of which would be
needed.
"Boko Haram is a hardened guerrilla
fighting force, using hit-and-run tactics. It
has taken over entire towns and overrun
military bases, and is giving the Nigerian
defence force, by no means a Mickey
Mouse outfit, a run for its money."
Heitman said the continuous resupplying
of the forces would be difficult.
"We simply do not have the airlift
capability. We saw and learned how
important airlift resupply is in the battle
for Bangui."
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I am not scared of BH if they come to sa. it seems AU meeting is gonna be interesting coz what ever AU gonna decide they better come up with a winning solution. if they dnt we will never win any thing on our own. for me this is not about sa soldiers (SANDF) doing it coz nigeria cant it is about african pride coz if africa cannot die for africa then who can respect africa. sandf must join au and die fir those northerners if needs be. thier dearth will never be in vain. but i dnt think they will die

South Africa is Already under threat from B.H most people just don't know it yet, there have been report of B.H members being part of the Nigerian Drug runners in S.A they use it as a place to raise funds, and the problem is that we can't really identify them as B.H members so if S.A would start working with Nigeria we'd all be able to share intel and capture some of the members operating here in S.A, because no one knows when those people will decide to go crazy and blow up S.A because its bound to happen, S.A has already p*ssed off many terrorist groups in Africa.

Al shabaab is present in sa spaza shops in townships ....al quada: pakistanis and thier shops funding ....boko haram: nigerians drug lords in sa commmon thing about them they not scared not shaken even during xenonophobic attacks they are the groups who came back. Cold blooded babaric creaturers even if they attack they wont succeed it is easy to sport them coz they are foreign.

Centrifude:
South Africa is Already under threat from B.H most people just don't know it yet, there have been report of B.H members being part of the Nigerian Drug runners in S.A they use it as a place to raise funds, and the problem is that we can't really identify them as B.H members so if S.A would start working with Nigeria we'd all be able to share intel and capture some of the members operating here in S.A, because no one knows when those people will decide to go crazy and blow up S.A because its bound to happen, S.A has already p*ssed off many terrorist groups in Africa.

You should more afraid of your Muslims in the western cape areas, those dudes look for radicalized. The average North eastern Nigerian has no interest in South Africa. They see the place as a sell out country to the WEST.

sostoz:
Al shabaab is present in sa spaza shops in townships ....al quada: pakistanis and thier shops funding ....boko haram: nigerians drug lords in sa commmon thing about them they not scared not shaken even during xenonophobic attacks they are the groups who came back. Cold blooded babaric creaturers even if they attack they wont succeed it is easy to sport them coz they are foreign.

You can't attack a group of IGBO boys when they grouped together, very wrong thing to do. The boys don't play when they are in numbers, which is why they are not afraid even in the midst of XENOPHOBIC attacks.

u patriotic morph ..igboz in SA are degraded to Kwara kwara. no bdy cares coz thy low life...

morpheus24:


You should more afraid of your Muslims in the western cape areas, those dudes look for radicalized. The average North eastern Nigerian has no interest in South Africa. They see the place as a sell out country to the WEST.

Our Government is keeping a very, very close eye on those guys in the Western Cape and the rest of the country, Pagad was taken apart before they became a serious threat to S.A.

"Sell out Country to the West"!!? You mean the same country that outright refused to allow any Western Nation to build a Military Base in the country, or the only country that went against the "Western intervention" in Libya *Something Nigeria said yes to* in our new papers a lot of journalist have said that the current S.A Government will never forgive the West for winning the "Cold War"... South Africa refused to accept military training from the west, S.A didn't sell out to anyone.

Bad idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BP9iZvCjUQ

[size=15pt]Julius Malema urges Boko Haram to release girls[/size]

Economic Freedom Fighters leader, Julius Malema, has urged Boko Haram to release over 200 girls, kidnapped in Nigeria

Horus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BP9iZvCjUQ

[size=15pt]Julius Malema urges Boko Haram to release girls[/size]

Economic Freedom Fighters leader, Julius Malema, has urged Boko Haram to release over 200 girls, kidnapped in Nigeria

Bwahaha... My ribs hurt for laughing out loud.

morpheus24:


You can't attack a group of IGBO boys when they grouped together, very wrong thing to do. The boys don't play when they are in numbers, which is why they are not afraid even in the midst of XENOPHOBIC attacks.

You seriously haven't seen a pissed off group of South Africans, believe me no group of IGBOs can stop South Africans in South Africa, all of South Africas Xenophobic Bast*rds would rain down on them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dyGxQzwZ80

[size=15pt]Julius Malema criticize Goodluck Jonathan on Boko Haram[/size]

Horus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dyGxQzwZ80

[size=15pt]Julius Malema criticize Goodluck Jonathan on Boko Haram[/size]

Please, post sensible human being criticism not Julius Molema's!

Centrifude:


You seriously haven't seen a pissed off group of South Africans, believe me no group of IGBOs can stop South Africans in South Africa, all of South Africas Xenophobic Bast*rds would rain down on them.

On the contrary in 2008, we saw how pissed off SAffers can get and the mayhem they can cause and historically speaking when them Igbo boys decide to fight, they will fight. They did it for 3 years in Nigeria at the worst odds.

seppuku:


On the contrary in 2008, we saw how pissed off SAffers can get and the mayhem they can cause and historically speaking when them Igbo boys decide to fight, they will fight. They did it for 3 years in Nigeria at the worst odds.

Well yeah they fought in Nigeria but in S.A it would be a very different situation, its very easy to win when you have home ground advantage, your Igbo boys would be in S.A this time and not Nigeria.

sostoz:
THE SOUTH African government will leave
it to the Economic Community of West
African States (Ecowas) to determine its
ability to address the ongoing attacks in
Nigeria at the hands of Boko Haram,
according to the Department of
International Relations and Co-operations.
SA has joined the international community
in a chorus of condemnation over the
latest attacks by the self-proclaimed
Islamist group in northern Nigeria.
The attack that took place in Baga town at
the end of last week is reported to be the
terrorist group’s deadliest attack yet,
claiming as many as 2,000 lives. The
attacks have been condemned by most of
the international community, including SA.
However, Department of International
Relations and Co-operations spokesman
Clayson Monyela told Business Day that it
would be up to the regional economic
group of West Africa Ecowas, to decide if
interventions from other states in other
regions of Africa and internationally were
needed to address the crisis.
"Nigeria is part of Ecowas and we are Sadc
(South African Development Community).
Any action will be decided by Ecowas. As
things stand there has not been a request
for assistance from Nigeria.
"The region to activate any action will have
to be Ecowas, who can forward that to the
African Union, United Nations and possibly
to the UN Security Council," Mr Monyela
said.
No updates of upcoming meetings were
posted on the Ecowas website on Sunday.
Ongoing acts of terror by Boko Haram
have humiliated the army and government
of that country, led by President Goodluck
Jonathan, who will look to be re-elected in
the country’s elections next month.
Last year the group kidnapped more than
200 schoolgirls in Chibok and forced the
hostages to convert to Islam and marry
members of the Islamist movement. The
schoolgirls have yet to be recovered.
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My heart bleeds for those kidnapped girls, can you imagine if one of your daughter was one of them? Painful

all4naija:
Please, post sensible human being criticism not Julius Molema's!

The video was not posted for you, it was posted for human being only

y dont the igbo boys fight the BH if u so sure about em fighting xenophobia in sa

xenophobia is history in sa

sostoz:
y dont the igbo boys fight the BH if u so sure about em fighting xenophobia in sa

xenophobia is history in sa

If you understood Nigerian history, you wouldn't ask such an dumb question.

PS. Stop kidding yourself or trying to fool us here, Xenophobia in SA is simmering under the surface as is "Racism". All it needs is somepetrol and matches to spark another flame

I wont waste my time by reading ur history...nigerian soldiers are unproffesional they scared of BH i saw several videos of em beating innocent boys...il be happy if ur igbo boys can fight BH instead of wanting to buy sa citizenship from low life gals.