The US Department of Treasury has placed some economic sanctions on two leaders of the violent Boko Haram terrorist group. 

     
THIS DAY reports that the Treasury Department said Mohammed Nur, a Boko Haram commander who has represented the group in negotiations with the federal government, was placed on its financial blacklist for his involvement in suicide bomb attacks, including one on the United Nations headquarters in Abuja in 2011. The second Boko Haram figure placed on the sanctions’ list is Mustapha Chad, a Chadian national who in 2013 directed Boko Haram activities in Yobe State, the Treasury Department said.

The sanctions include freezing assets of the individuals and locking them out of the global financial system,