Boko Haram forces girls into 'suicide bombings' for refusing to marry fighters

As the second anniversary of the Chibok girls' mass kidnapping approaches, details emerge of the twisted nature of Boko Haram's crimes 

Boko Haram have been using girls as young as eight for 'suicide' attacks AFP

Boko Haram is forcing and duping young women into suicide missions for refusing to ‘marry’ members of the West African Islamist militant group, according to reports.

The revelation follows a recent report detailing the huge increase in the numbers of children, some as young as eight, being used by Boko Haram as human bombs in Cameroon and Nigeria, a large majority of them female.

The news comes on the eve of the second anniversary of the mass kidnapping of nearly 300 school girls from a school in Chibok, northern Nigeria. Despite causing an international outcry, the majority of the girls remain missing, along with an estimated 2,000 more women and children kidnapped on different occasions.