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"I Saw Corpses Of My Friends": Farmers Beheaded In Violence-Hit Nigeria
Islamist militants have beheaded at least 10 farmers in Nigeria's northern state of Borno after attacking their farms, residents said on Monday.
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Nearly 50 More Chibok Girls Released From Boko Haram: Nigeria
Up to 50 Chibok schoolgirls were released by Islamist Boko Haram militants on Saturday after more than three years in captivity, a Nigerian government spokesman said, the largest group yet to be freed after years of tense negotiations.
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Boko Haram Releases 21 Girls To Nigerian Government
Twenty-one of the more than 200 girls kidnapped over two years ago in a raid on their school in Chibok town by Boko Haram militants have been released, the BBC reported on Thursday citing a government official.
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Top Boko Haram Terrorists Killed In Air Strikes: Nigerian Air Force
Nigeria's air force said it had killed some senior Boko Haram militants and believed it had fatally wounded the group's leader in a raid on the Islamists' northeast heartland.
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First Of Nigerian Girls Kidnapped By Boko Haram Found
The first of more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants from Chibok in northeast Nigeria for over two years has been found, a parents' spokesman told Thomson Reuters Foundation today.
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Nigeria Discusses Boko Haram With Western Countries At International Summit
Nigeria was hosting talks on Boko Haram with regional and Western powers today, as the United Nations warned of the militants' ties to ISIS group and its threat to African security.
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2 Suicide Bombers Kill 22 At Mosque In Northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri
Two female suicide bombers killed 22 people on Wednesday at a mosque outside the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the heart of a seven-year-old insurgency by Islamist Boko Haram militants, a military spokesman said.
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Benin To Deploy Troops To Anti-Boko Haram Task Force
Benin will deploy 150 troops next month to assist a regional task force battling Islamist militant group Boko Haram, a statement from the task force said today.
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Hundreds Of Boko Haram Hostages Freed; 100 Militants Killed
Cameroonian and Nigerian forces have freed several hundred hostages in a border town held by Boko Haram including young girls who were being trained as suicide bombers, the commander of Cameroonian forces said Saturday.
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Nigeria Army Probes Recent Boko Haram Attacks
Nigeria's army on Sunday said it has launched a probe into recent attacks by Boko Haram militants which claimed dozens of lives of lives near Maiduguri, capital of northeast Borno state.
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"I Saw Corpses Of My Friends": Farmers Beheaded In Violence-Hit Nigeria
Islamist militants have beheaded at least 10 farmers in Nigeria's northern state of Borno after attacking their farms, residents said on Monday.
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Nearly 50 More Chibok Girls Released From Boko Haram: Nigeria
Up to 50 Chibok schoolgirls were released by Islamist Boko Haram militants on Saturday after more than three years in captivity, a Nigerian government spokesman said, the largest group yet to be freed after years of tense negotiations.
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Boko Haram Releases 21 Girls To Nigerian Government
Twenty-one of the more than 200 girls kidnapped over two years ago in a raid on their school in Chibok town by Boko Haram militants have been released, the BBC reported on Thursday citing a government official.
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Top Boko Haram Terrorists Killed In Air Strikes: Nigerian Air Force
Nigeria's air force said it had killed some senior Boko Haram militants and believed it had fatally wounded the group's leader in a raid on the Islamists' northeast heartland.
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First Of Nigerian Girls Kidnapped By Boko Haram Found
The first of more than 200 schoolgirls held by Boko Haram militants from Chibok in northeast Nigeria for over two years has been found, a parents' spokesman told Thomson Reuters Foundation today.
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Nigeria Discusses Boko Haram With Western Countries At International Summit
Nigeria was hosting talks on Boko Haram with regional and Western powers today, as the United Nations warned of the militants' ties to ISIS group and its threat to African security.
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2 Suicide Bombers Kill 22 At Mosque In Northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri
Two female suicide bombers killed 22 people on Wednesday at a mosque outside the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the heart of a seven-year-old insurgency by Islamist Boko Haram militants, a military spokesman said.
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Benin To Deploy Troops To Anti-Boko Haram Task Force
Benin will deploy 150 troops next month to assist a regional task force battling Islamist militant group Boko Haram, a statement from the task force said today.
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Hundreds Of Boko Haram Hostages Freed; 100 Militants Killed
Cameroonian and Nigerian forces have freed several hundred hostages in a border town held by Boko Haram including young girls who were being trained as suicide bombers, the commander of Cameroonian forces said Saturday.
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Nigeria Army Probes Recent Boko Haram Attacks
Nigeria's army on Sunday said it has launched a probe into recent attacks by Boko Haram militants which claimed dozens of lives of lives near Maiduguri, capital of northeast Borno state.
