Boko Haram Kidnappings: Excuse for Further U.S. Entrenchment in Africa

Courtesy: The Real News

In the following video, Glen Ford speaks on how Western intervention looks to make Nigeria malleable to neo-liberal economic policies and further militarize the continent.

Institute for Policy Studies Fellow Ajamu Baraka explains how the 2011 NATO intervention into Libya empowered Boko Haram, and discusses the real motives behind U.S. engagement in Nigeria.

Courtesy: The Real News Network