Boko Haram Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===South African and post-Soviet states assistance=== In March 2015, it was reported that Nigeria had employed hundreds of [[mercenaries]] from [[South Africa]] and the [[Post-Soviet states|former Soviet Union]] to assist it in its effort to make gains against Boko Haram before the 28 March election.<ref>{{cite news | title=Nigeria drafts in foreign mercenaries to take on Boko Haram | author=Ed Cropley and David Lewis | date=12 March 2015 | work=[[Reuters]]| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-nigeria-violence-mercenaries-idUKKBN0M80VT20150312?irpc=932 | access-date=30 June 2017 | archive-date=24 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924214226/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/12/uk-nigeria-violence-mercenaries-idUKKBN0M80VT20150312?irpc=932 | url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page