Prince Michael of Liechtenstein January 16, 2015 Statements EN Share this post: Militant Islamist group Boko Haram is achieving more terrorist success in northeastern Nigeria and neighbouring areas. It intends to build an Islamic state, similar to the achievements in Syria and Iraq of ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, writes Prince Michael of Liechtenstein. Nigeria, in a general terms, consists of a mainly Islamic north and a Christian and animistic south. The number of ethnicities is important. Nigeria’s oil wealth is based mainly in the Niger Delta in the southeast. Nigeria’s army, although in theory well-equipped, is helpless against the Boko Haram terrorists, who are allies of al-Qaeda and killed more than 2,000 civilians in the first six months of 2014. The international community expects the Nigerian government to regain control over the northeast of the country, stop the atrocities and free Boko Haram’s hostages, espec...