Boko Haram crisis: Maiduguri under siege in Nigeria

Name: Boko Haram crisis: Maiduguri under siege in Nigeria
Uploaded: 2013-05-11T03:27:32.000Z
Duration: 2 min 46 s
Description: The BBC's Tomi Oladipo reports from Maiduguri, Nigeria, where the Islamist group Boko Haram is based and has waged a violent insurgency to create an Islamic state since 2010.

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Maiduguri is the capital of Borno state, where the Islamist group Boko Haram is based and where it has waged a violent insurgency to create an Islamic state since 2010.

The BBC's Tomi Oladipo has been to the city to see what life is like for citizens caught in the crossfire.

Africa

11 May 2013