Nigeria to establish weapons factory, says President Buhari

Nigeria is going to establish a domestic weapons factory in an effort to cut its dependence on imported arms, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. The defence ministry had been told to develop plans for a "modest military industrial complex," the president, who came to power in May, said Nigeria has been battling the militant Islamist group Boko Haram for the last six years.
 The US has refused to sell arms to Nigeria citing human rights abuses.