Attacks by Islamist group Boko
Haram have killed over 1,000 civilians in 2015 while hundreds of
women have been abducted and forced to convert to Islam and
marry its fighters, according to a report released by US-based
rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday.
HRW also said the group had deliberately attacked villages,
committed mass killings and carried out abductions with attacks
spreading from north-east Nigeria into Cameroon, Chad and Niger
since last month.
According to HRW research, based on witness accounts and
media reports, Boko Haram also kidnapped scores of young men,
forcing them to join its ranks or face death.
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