Nigeria hires South African mercenaries to fight rebels
Nigeria has brought in hundreds of mercenaries from South Africa and the former Soviet Union to give its offensive against Boko Haram a shot in the arm before a March 28 election, according to regional security, defence and diplomatic sources. Rumours about the use of foreign “soldiers of fortune “against the Islamist militant group gained […]
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