15 Active War Zones Where You Can Vacation
| September 9, 2016
11. Cameroon / Chad / Niger / Nigeria
Before the rise of ISIS in Iraq and Syria, there was another terrorist group horrifying the world called Boko Haram. Starting their insurgency against the governments of Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria in 2009, Boko Haram’s brutality has continued to shock the world. In total, it’s estimated that over 20,000 people have died due to Boko Haram’s brutality and the fight against them, but that estimate may be off by orders of magnitude.
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