Nigeria: Nobel Laureate calls for armed intervention
25.09.2012
On the International Day of Peace, Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka visited the United Nations – and called for armed intervention against the terrorist group Boko Haram in his home country of Nigeria. 'This is a violent organisation,' Soyika told IPS. 'What do you do with them? I am sorry, but you must fight them.' On 21 September 2012 the International Day of Peace was celebrated with a debate about how to build a global culture of tolerance.