Returning to the subject of the thread, Guardian today makes this report.
I post it because it provides up to date information on the impact of Islamic radicalism.
I hope that is permissible.

"The US president, Barack Obama, said the kidnappings and murders in Nigeria, as well as the war in Syria and other conflicts, showed man's "darkest impulses".

The latest insurgent attack in Nigeria targeted the town of Gamboru Ngala. Gunmen burned buildings and fired on civilians as they tried to flee. The Nigerian senator Ahmed Zanna put the death toll at 300, citing information provided by locals."

"A medical officer in the Cameroon army, which has reinforced security at the border, said it believed more than 200 were killed in town. "Some of the bodies were charred. It was horrific. People had their throats slit, others were shot," he said."

"Boko Haram is holding 276 girls after a raid on a school in Chibok on 15 April, and a further eight girls aged between eight and 15 taken in an overnight raid on a village on Monday, also in its stronghold in north-eastern Borno state."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/08/boko-haram-massacre-nigeria-gamboru-ngala