Q&A Castiel / Pham / Blanchard / Nigeria / Boko Haram Analysis

Turning To The Situation In Nigeria Where President Goodluck Jonathan Has Vowed To Do Everything Possible To Rescue More Than 200 Schoolgirls Who Were Kidnapped Last Month By The Islamist Insurgents Known As Boko Haram. He Made The Promise During A Speech Marking The 15th Anniversary Of The End Of Military Rule In Nigeria. Boko Haram Has Been Carrying Out An Insurgency For Five Years In Which Thousands Of People Have Been Killed And An Estimated 750,000 Nigerians Have Been Driven From Their Homes. President Goodluck Jonathan Also Used His Speech Last Week To Promise He Would Address Poverty That Helps To Fuel The Boko Haram Uprising, But Only Once The Insurgency Is Put Down. The World Bank Says Two-Thirds Of 170 Million Nigerians Struggle In Poverty In Africa's Biggest Oil Producer.For Some Perspective On Mr. Jonathan's Speech And The Government's Effort To Deal With Boko Haram VOA's Carol Castiel Spoke With Two Scholars J. Peter Pham Is Director Of The Atlantic Council's Africa Center And Lauren Ploch Blanchard Is An Africa Analyst At The Congressional Research Service, An Arm Of The US Library Of Congress. Pham  Reacts First.