Boko Haram Chief Charged With Crimes Against Humanity

According to court papers on Thursday, Spain's state prosecutor charged the leader of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, with terrorism and crimes against humanity over a 2013 attack on a Nigerian town in which a Spanish nun was assaulted. The Boko Haram case arises from a militant attack on the eastern Nigerian town of Ganye on March 22, 2013 in which at least 25 people were killed. The papers issued added that the militants assaulted the nun, Maria Jesus Mayor, in Ganye before she was able to escape into hiding and was later rescued by Nigerian security services. According to the documents, the judge has asked for a study of Boko Haram from Interpol and will obtain a declaration from the Mayor about the incident.