Nigerian Gov’t Seeks Peace Talks With Boko Haram

Nigeria's government says it to wants to negotiate with radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, which is blamed for dozens of killings in the country's northeast.
A government statement says President Goodluck Jonathan has named a seven-person panel to open talks with the group. It says the president appointed the panel after meetings with local leaders.
There was no immediate response to the statement from Boko Haram.
The decision to negotiate follows months of escalating violence centered in Nigeria's Borno state and the state capital, Maiduguri.
Rights group Amnesty International recently said that Boko Haram bombings have killed more than 140 people in northern Nigeria since January.

I hope they can settle this peacefully because only the innocents are being slaughtered like goats...