Finally, UN Security Council Blacklists Boko Haram & Their Leader Abubakar Shekau

Reuters are reporting that the dread Islamist sect, Boko Haram was on Wednesday this week, sanctioned by the United Nations Security Council. The group was understood to be as an affiliate of al Qaeda and the organization of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), by the United Nations.

The report has it that the leader of the group Abubakar Shekau and the head of the faction of the group Ansaru will be banned from international travels and their assets will be frozen under the U.N. Al-Qaeda sanctions list.

It was gathered that the sanction was delayed for two weeks because Russia placed a “technical hold” on the designations for more time to review the listings, but diplomats lifted the ban.

Culled: Reuters