U.N. imposes sanctions on Boko Haram

The U.N. Security Council has approved sanctions against the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, five weeks after it kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls. It will now be added to a list of al-Qaeda-linked organisations subject to an arms embargo and asset freeze. U.S. envoy Samantha Power said it was an "important step" in support of efforts to "defeat Boko Haram and hold its murderous leadership accountable". It was earlier blamed for the deaths of 27 people in a north-eastern village.
Background:
U.N. blacklists Nigeria's Boko Haram [Aljazeera]
U.N. committee imposes sanctions on Nigeria's Boko Haram [BBC]