B’ Haram releases new video, promise to stop the upcoming elections

Militant Islamist sect, Boko Haram, has vowed to disrupt the March
28 and April 11 elections.
"The elections will not be held even if we are dead. Even if we are
not alive Allah will never allow you to do it," the leader of the
sect, Abubakar Shekau, said in a new video on Tuesday evening.
The video appeared to be the first message released by the group on
Twitter, a sign of its changing media tactics after previous messages
were distributed to journalists on DVD.
Shekau was shown in unusual clarity in front of a solid blue
background, dressed in black and with an automatic weapon resting to
his right.
Despite the threat, experts doubt that the Islamist rebels have the
capacity to disrupt voting nationwide, although election officials
concede that voting may be difficult in parts of the North-East,
especially on March 28 .
Meanwhile, the United States will help Cameroon's army secure
equipment to fight Boko Haram, its embassy in Cameroon said on
Wednesday .
Boko Haram fighters have killed and kidnapped thousands in a six-year
insurgency in Nigeria and are stepping up cross-border attacks on
neighbouring countries despite a major regional offensive against
them.
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In the latest strike, Boko Haram fighters ambushed an army patrol near
the town of Waza in Cameroon this week and an intense gun battle
ensued, killing five soldiers.
"My government is working on a logistic pipeline of material that will
enhance Cameroon's ability to defend itself from Boko Haram," US
Ambassador to Cameroon, Michael Stephen Hoza, said in a notice
published in a Cameroonian newspaper on Wednesday.
He did not elaborate on what would be provided, saying only that it
would be "equipment necessary to defend the country."
Earlier this week, the commander of the US Special Forces operations
in Africa pledged to help African nations in the fight against the
group.
Maj. Gen. James Linder of the US army said Washington would provide
technology allowing African partners to communicate between
cellphones, radios and computers
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