The threat posed by Islamic extremists has been a key focus of Western governments for decades.

These deeds make so evident the

bestial nature of those who would assume power if they could have their way and drive us out of that area.

Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them.

Tonight I can report to the American people and government that

the support the United States has conducted an operation that killed

Osama bin Laden.

I'm gonna bomb the shit out of them.

But while Western governments and media tend to focus their attention on the Middle East,

for the last two decades Western and Central Africa has been ravaged by an Islamic extremist group called

Bocoharam.

This organization, Bocoharam has been one of the worst regional or local terrorist organizations

in the world.

In the access of Boko Haram, Christ,

tomato, all of us.

In this episode, I speak to Vincent voucher,

and expert on Boko Haram and consulting senior analyst of the International

Crisis Group about Boko Haram's origins, their purpose and the future of West and Central Africa.

Islam has a long and proud history in Africa that extends back to the 7th century

A.D. The Songhai and Mali empires produce great scholars whose religious as well as scientific

research still dazzled scholars today.

The richest man in history is reported to have been Mansa Musa, a benevolent 14th century

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