Troops Battling Boko Haram Guilty of War Crimes: Report

A report released Monday by human rights group Amnesty International has detailed the alleged abuses committed by Nigerian security forces battling Boko Haram. Reporting violent acts such as arbitrary mass executions, NBC News sent a copy of Amnesty's findings to Boko Haram expert John Campbell, a senior fellow for Africa policy studies at the Council for Foreign Relations, who said Nigeria's security forces are responsible for killing just as many civilians as Boko Haram.

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