Newspapers are displayed at a vendor's stand along a road in Obalende district in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos July 30, 2013. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department will formally designate the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram as a "foreign terrorist organisation" on Wednesday, congressional sources and others briefed on the matter said.
The designation is significant because it directs U.S. law enforcement and regulatory agencies to block business and financial transactions with Boko Haram, which wants to impose Islamic law in northern Nigeria and has ties to al Qaeda.
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