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History
On November 9, 2012 Boko Haram gunmen killed two Chinese workers in the Nigerian state of Borno. An official with the Chinese Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) told reporters that the victims were driving in a company vehicle at 10:30am, when the gunmen closed in on them. The Chinese have grown increasingly frustrated with the violence in Nigeria and have told Nigerian security forces to do a better job in protecting Chinese officials. If Nigeria is unable to stop the violence their economy could be severely hurt, as it is deeply dependent on foreign investments. Nigeria’s vast oil wealth has led to the investment of 8 billion USD of Chinese investments, and in 2011 trade between China and Nigeria passed 10 billion USD. The CCECC is promoting home-grown development in Nigeria and currently training local artisans and professionals in a construction institute at Abuja. The current poverty rate in Nigeria is estimated to be 50%, but if the Nigerian security forces can reduce the violence in the country foreign investments will help to drop that number.

On May 6, 2013 Boko Haram led an attack in which 55 people were killed in the pre-dawn raid on a prison in the state of Borno. The dead included Twenty-two police officers, 14 prison wardens, two soldiers and four civilians are said to have died along with 13 members of Boko Haram. After the gunmen helped 105 prisoners escape the prison they burned it down.. Bama police commander Abubakar Sagir said that the four civilians were three women and one child. It was orchestrated by about 200 heavily armed member of the terrorist group, who arrived to the prison in buses at 4:00 (GMT). Musa Sagir, a military spokesman based in Maiduguri, told reporters “the gunmen broke into the prison, freeing 105 inmates, and killed all prison warders they could see except those who hid in a store where cooking utensils were kept."  He also said that the attack lasted for about five hours and the gunmen wore army uniforms.  President Jonathan Goodluck responded by setting up an amnesty for the rebels but Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau, rejected the idea.

Political Development
The current Nigerian president, Jonathan Goodluck, has done a very poor job thus far in his term dealing with the religious tension between Muslims and Christians. Violence in Nigeria has mainly stemmed from Boko Haram, the main Islamic terrorist group in Nigeria, whose goal is to set up a purely Islamic state. The majority of the violence has occurred in the northeast state of Borno. Goodluck has not taken a firm stance against Boko Haram and has wavered between crushing force and amnesty. Goodluck was publicly quoted saying to Boko Haram, "Prove to [the Nigerian government] you are strong enough to make our lives difficult and we'll give you a share of the pie." Boko Haram has already proven that they are a huge threat to the citizens of Nigeria and are responsible for thousands of deaths, but Goodluck still refuses to allocate more government resources towards stopping Boko Haram.