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Retreating Boko Haram leaves mass of throat-slit corpses near Nigerian town
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Retreating Boko Haram leaves mass of throat-slit corpses near Nigerian town

Soldiers from Niger and Chad who liberated the Nigerian town of Damasak from Boko Haram militants have discovered the bodies…
Nigeria says it has pushed Boko Haram out of all but three areas
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Nigeria says it has pushed Boko Haram out of all but three areas

The Nigerian army said on Tuesday it had repelled Boko Haram from all but three local government districts in the…
Chad, Niger launch joint offensive against Boko Haram in Nigeria
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Chad, Niger launch joint offensive against Boko Haram in Nigeria

 Chad and Niger launched a joint army operation against Boko Haram in Nigeria on Sunday, intensifying a regional offensive designed…
Four bombs in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city kill at least 50
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Four bombs in Nigeria’s Maiduguri city kill at least 50

Four bomb blasts killed at least 50 people in Maiduguri in Nigeria’s northeast on Saturday in the worst attacks there…
Nigeria’s Boko Haram releases beheading video echoing Islamic State
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Nigeria’s Boko Haram releases beheading video echoing Islamic State

Nigeria's Islamist sect Boko Haram released a video purporting to show it beheading two men, its first online posting using…
Military operations force Boko Haram back to urban warfare
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Military operations force Boko Haram back to urban warfare

Bomb attacks in Nigerian towns and cities look likely to increase in the run-up to forthcoming elections, despite the military…
Residents: At least 30 dead in Boko Haram raids near Chibok, Nigeria
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Residents: At least 30 dead in Boko Haram raids near Chibok, Nigeria

At least 30 people were killed in Boko Haram raids on two villages in northeast Nigerian Borno state near the…
Suicide car bombing at Nigeria bus station kills four, wounds 35
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Suicide car bombing at Nigeria bus station kills four, wounds 35

A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a busy bus station in the northeast Nigerian town of…
Azhar denounces Boko Haram crimes
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Azhar denounces Boko Haram crimes

Al-Azhar denounced Boko Haram's terrorist attack on a city in northwestern Nigeria where they burned a whole village, killing many…
Local cleric: Suicide bombing kills 15 at Nigeria Shiite ceremony
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Local cleric: Suicide bombing kills 15 at Nigeria Shiite ceremony

A suicide bombing targeting a major Shiite festival in northeast Nigeria on Monday killed 15 people and injured some 50…
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