Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan imposed a "state of emergency" in three states menaced by al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group Boko Haram, saying the level of violence called for "extraordinary measures".
The Boko Haram insurgents, who say they are fighting to create an Islamic state in the north, have carried out scores of attacks since 2009 but Jonathan said the violence can no longer be treated as "militancy or criminality".
In a televised speech, he described the attacks as
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