UN Expresses more concern by reports of Boko Haram links with ISIS, back Abuja RSS summit

The United Nation Security Council has expressed alarm at ties between the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram and Isis - while a security summit is taking place in Nigeria to discuss efforts to combat the extremists.

In a statement approved by all 15 council members it demanded Boko Haram “immediately and unequivocally cease all violence and all abuses of human rights and violations of international humanitarian law."

The Council said they were alarmed at Boko Haram’s links with Isis. They also demanded the release of thousands of captives reportedly held by the group, including more than 200 schoolgirls abducted in Chibok, in Nigeria’s Borno State in 2014.