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Nigeria President Visits Site of Boko Haram Massacre
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday visited the town of Baga where Boko Haram Islamists are accused of slaughtering hundreds of people last month in the group's worst-ever massacre.
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Offensive Against Militants Progresses: Nigerian Military
Nigeria's military said on Sunday that the offensive against Boko Haram was progressing, claiming soldiers had recovered stocks of arms abandoned by insurgents fleeing the recaptured town of Baga.
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Nigerian Forces Retake Border Town of Baga from Boko Haram
Nigerian forces backed by air strikes seized the northeastern border town of Baga from Islamist group Boko Haram yesterday, the military said, a significant victory in an offensive against an insurgency affecting four African states.
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Nigerian Military Claims Recapture of Baga from Boko Haram
Nigeria's military, on Saturday, claimed to have recaptured the town of Baga from Boko Haram, more than a month after it was overrun in what is feared to be the worst massacre of its six-year insurgency.
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Nigerian Military Warned Before Major Boko Haram Attacks: Amnesty
Amnesty International on Wednesday claimed that Nigeria's military top brass were warned of brutal Boko Haram attacks on the northeast towns of Baga and Monguno this month but failed to take action.
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Nigeria Boko Haram 'Leader' Claims Baga Attack in New Video
A man purporting to be Islamist Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau on Tuesday claimed an attack on the northeastern town of Baga in which scores of civilians were killed when the insurgents seized a multinational military base.
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John Kerry Accuses Boko Haram of 'Crime Against Humanity' as Massacre Images Emerge
US Secretary of State John Kerry branded a Boko Haram massacre in northern Nigeria a "crime against humanity" Thursday as satellite images suggested massive destruction in the two towns reported razed by its fighters.
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Boko Haram 'Killed Woman in Labour' During Attack: Amnesty
Boko Haram fighters killed a woman as she was in labour during what is feared could be the deadliest attack in the militants' six-year insurgency, Amnesty International claimed today.
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'Piles of Bodies' in Nigerian Town Attacked by Boko Haram, Say Locals
When Borye Kime crept back into the fishing town of Baga in northeast Nigeria in the early hours of Monday, a weak moon shone on a grisly sight. "It is corpses everywhere," he told AFP.
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Escape From Boko Haram: 'I Kept Stepping On Dead Bodies'
Yanaye Grema hid for three days between a wall and his neighbours' house, as Boko Haram fighters ransacked his hometown of Baga on the shore of Lake Chad in Nigeria's far northeast.
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Nigeria President Visits Site of Boko Haram Massacre
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday visited the town of Baga where Boko Haram Islamists are accused of slaughtering hundreds of people last month in the group's worst-ever massacre.
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Offensive Against Militants Progresses: Nigerian Military
Nigeria's military said on Sunday that the offensive against Boko Haram was progressing, claiming soldiers had recovered stocks of arms abandoned by insurgents fleeing the recaptured town of Baga.
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Nigerian Forces Retake Border Town of Baga from Boko Haram
Nigerian forces backed by air strikes seized the northeastern border town of Baga from Islamist group Boko Haram yesterday, the military said, a significant victory in an offensive against an insurgency affecting four African states.
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Nigerian Military Claims Recapture of Baga from Boko Haram
Nigeria's military, on Saturday, claimed to have recaptured the town of Baga from Boko Haram, more than a month after it was overrun in what is feared to be the worst massacre of its six-year insurgency.
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Nigerian Military Warned Before Major Boko Haram Attacks: Amnesty
Amnesty International on Wednesday claimed that Nigeria's military top brass were warned of brutal Boko Haram attacks on the northeast towns of Baga and Monguno this month but failed to take action.
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Nigeria Boko Haram 'Leader' Claims Baga Attack in New Video
A man purporting to be Islamist Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau on Tuesday claimed an attack on the northeastern town of Baga in which scores of civilians were killed when the insurgents seized a multinational military base.
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John Kerry Accuses Boko Haram of 'Crime Against Humanity' as Massacre Images Emerge
US Secretary of State John Kerry branded a Boko Haram massacre in northern Nigeria a "crime against humanity" Thursday as satellite images suggested massive destruction in the two towns reported razed by its fighters.
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Boko Haram 'Killed Woman in Labour' During Attack: Amnesty
Boko Haram fighters killed a woman as she was in labour during what is feared could be the deadliest attack in the militants' six-year insurgency, Amnesty International claimed today.
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'Piles of Bodies' in Nigerian Town Attacked by Boko Haram, Say Locals
When Borye Kime crept back into the fishing town of Baga in northeast Nigeria in the early hours of Monday, a weak moon shone on a grisly sight. "It is corpses everywhere," he told AFP.
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Escape From Boko Haram: 'I Kept Stepping On Dead Bodies'
Yanaye Grema hid for three days between a wall and his neighbours' house, as Boko Haram fighters ransacked his hometown of Baga on the shore of Lake Chad in Nigeria's far northeast.
