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Nigeria lacks the subtlety to fight Boku Haram

Reality Check: Nigeria bomb attack, Brunei adopts Sharia law, Merkel-Obama talks, Ukraine developments, Salt Sugar Fat

Nigeria bomb attack

A car bomb kills 19 people in Abuja - the latest in a series of attacks believed to be by the Islamic fundamentalist group, Boku Haram. It follows another bomb attack two weeks ago, and the kidnapping of over 270 schoolgirls, over 200 of which are still missing.

Protesters in Abuja

Despite marches by the people, the government is not responding, and has failed to make progress on finding the missing schoolgirls.

Richard Dowden of the Royal African Society explains the significance of the attacks and why the government seems unable to act.

Brunei adopts Sharia law

Anicee Van Engeland from the School of Oriental and African Studies reacts to the announcement that the severe Islamic penal code is being implemented in Brunei.

Merkel meets Obama

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel is in Washington DC today for talks with President Obama. Priscilla Huff reports.

Ukraine latest

David Stern reports on the latest developments in Eastern Ukraine.

The mysteries and dangers of salt, sugar and fat

How and why food producers load their goods with salt, sugar and fat. Ahead of tomorrow's Reality Check Special, Michael Moss, and investigative journalist and the author of "Salt Sugar Fat - how the food giants hooked us", talks to Christian Lehner.

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