UN report: Smuggling, extortion, kidnapping fund Boko Haram

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Channel: CGTN Africa · 2018 · News & Politics

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A new United Nations report has detailed how Boko Haram is funded through charitable donations, smuggling, extortion and kidnapping. The UN says the predominance of a cash economy helps to fuel the work of militant groups in the Lake Chad Basin region. CGTN's Nick Harper reports from New York.

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