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23 Killed, Over 100 Injured In Multiple 'Suicide Attacks' In Nigeria
Multiple explosions staged by suspected suicide bombers rocked the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 100 others, police said Tuesday.
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US Approves Possible $346 Million Arms Sale To Nigeria To Improve Security
The US State Department approved a possible $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to help improve security in the sub-Saharan country, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
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At Least Two Dead In Nigeria Suicide Attack
At least two people were killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack on a university campus in northeast Nigeria, a local resident, a lecturer and emergency services told AFP on Monday.
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10-Year-Old Girl Used As Human Bomb In Nigeria Attack
One person was seriously injured when a suicide bomber aged around 10 blew herself up in a New Year's Eve attack in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, witnesses and aid workers told AFP Sunday.
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Nigerian Girls, Age 8, Blow Themselves Up In Market, Injuring 17
Two little girls approximately seven or eight years old blew themselves up in a northeastern Nigerian market on Sunday, killing themselves and wounding at least 17 others, witnesses said.
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Boko Haram Stages 3 Suicide Attacks In Northeast Nigeria: Police
Boko Haram Islamists staged three suicide attacks in Nigeria's restive northeast on Friday, leaving four attackers and two civilian vigilantes dead, police said.
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Iraq, Nigeria And Now Turkey: Child Bombers, A Shift In Terrorists' Strategy
The boy looked scared and younger than 16 when Iraqi police grabbed him on the street in the northern city of Kirkuk. Pulling off his shirt, they found a two-kilogram bomb strapped to his skinny frame.
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Nigeria Oil Pipeline Bombed Causing Massive Spills
Militants bombed a state-run oil pipeline in southern Nigeria Monday causing massive spills, in the latest attack on the country's oil infrastructure, said an industry official.
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Triple Suicide Bombing Kills 26 In North Cameroon Market
At least 26 people were killed on Monday when three suicide bombers blew themselves up at a market in the far north of Cameroon, a region often targeted by Nigeria's Boko Haram.
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Boko Haram Kill 7 In Suicide Attack, Raid: Residents
Boko Haram gunmen have mounted their first attacks since Nigeria's government declared the Islamist group "technically" defeated, killing seven people in a raid and suicide bombing, residents told AFP on Wednesday.
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23 Killed, Over 100 Injured In Multiple 'Suicide Attacks' In Nigeria
Multiple explosions staged by suspected suicide bombers rocked the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 100 others, police said Tuesday.
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US Approves Possible $346 Million Arms Sale To Nigeria To Improve Security
The US State Department approved a possible $346 million weapons sale to Nigeria to help improve security in the sub-Saharan country, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
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At Least Two Dead In Nigeria Suicide Attack
At least two people were killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack on a university campus in northeast Nigeria, a local resident, a lecturer and emergency services told AFP on Monday.
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10-Year-Old Girl Used As Human Bomb In Nigeria Attack
One person was seriously injured when a suicide bomber aged around 10 blew herself up in a New Year's Eve attack in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, witnesses and aid workers told AFP Sunday.
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Nigerian Girls, Age 8, Blow Themselves Up In Market, Injuring 17
Two little girls approximately seven or eight years old blew themselves up in a northeastern Nigerian market on Sunday, killing themselves and wounding at least 17 others, witnesses said.
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Boko Haram Stages 3 Suicide Attacks In Northeast Nigeria: Police
Boko Haram Islamists staged three suicide attacks in Nigeria's restive northeast on Friday, leaving four attackers and two civilian vigilantes dead, police said.
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Iraq, Nigeria And Now Turkey: Child Bombers, A Shift In Terrorists' Strategy
The boy looked scared and younger than 16 when Iraqi police grabbed him on the street in the northern city of Kirkuk. Pulling off his shirt, they found a two-kilogram bomb strapped to his skinny frame.
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Nigeria Oil Pipeline Bombed Causing Massive Spills
Militants bombed a state-run oil pipeline in southern Nigeria Monday causing massive spills, in the latest attack on the country's oil infrastructure, said an industry official.
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Triple Suicide Bombing Kills 26 In North Cameroon Market
At least 26 people were killed on Monday when three suicide bombers blew themselves up at a market in the far north of Cameroon, a region often targeted by Nigeria's Boko Haram.
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Boko Haram Kill 7 In Suicide Attack, Raid: Residents
Boko Haram gunmen have mounted their first attacks since Nigeria's government declared the Islamist group "technically" defeated, killing seven people in a raid and suicide bombing, residents told AFP on Wednesday.
