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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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150 People Drowned or Shot Dead Escaping Boko Haram Ambush in Nigeria: Local Reports
Up to 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead fleeing Boko Haram gunmen who raided a remote village in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe state, locals said on Tuesday.
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Nigeria Military Claims to Have Killed 300 Boko Haram Militants in Counter Offensive
Nigerian forces have killed more than 300 Boko Haram fighters during an operation to recapture 11 towns and villages since the start of the week, the military said on Wednesday, as regional neighbours also pounded the militants.
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Over 7,000 Refugees Flee to Chad After Nigeria Violence
Around 7,300 Nigerian refugees have fled to the neighbouring Chad, over the last 10 days, following violence in northeastern Nigeria, the UN said Friday.
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Boko Haram Militants Kill At Least 100 People, Destroy 16 Villages in Nigeria
Boko Haram razed at least 16 towns and villages, killing at least 100 people in a renewed assault on the weekend, say sources.
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Boko Haram Destroys At Least 16 Towns, Villages in Nigeria: Officials
Boko Haram launched renewed attacks around a captured town in restive northeast Nigeria this week, razing at least 16 towns and villages, a local government and a union official told AFP.
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Boko Haram Militants Kill 32, Kidnap Scores in Nigeria: Officials
Boko Haram militants killed 32 people and kidnapped scores of others in an attack on the village of Gumsuri in the restive northeast, two local officials and a witness said on Thursday.
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Twin Blasts Kill At Least 40 in Nigerian City of Jos
Two bombs exploded near a bus station in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday evening, witnesses said, the second one killing at least 40 people.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 48 Students in Nigeria
Survivors say a suicide bomber disguised in a school uniform has detonated explosives at a high school assembly in northeast Nigeria, and a morgue worker says 48 students have been killed.
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Boko Haram Attacks Commercial Hub in Nigeria's Adamawa State
Boko Haram fighters on Wednesday clashed with Nigerian troops in the country's remote northeast, forcing thousands to flee, after two other attacks that further undermined claims of a ceasefire.
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Two Cameroon Soldiers Killed in Crossborder Boko Haram Attack: Official
A suspected crossborder raid overnight by Nigeria's radical Islamic group Boko Haram killed two Cameroonian soldiers, a Cameroonian security official said on Friday on condition of anonymity.
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More Than 50 Die in Nigeria Islamist Church Attacks Ahead of World Cup Game
An attack on churches in northeast Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram killed more than 50 people, an official said on Monday, overshadowing festivities ahead of a last-16 World Cup match against France.
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More Than 50 Die in Nigeria Islamist Church Attacks Ahead of World Cup Game
An attack on churches in northeast Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram killed more than 50 people, an official said on Monday, overshadowing festivities ahead of a last-16 World Cup match against France.
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Nearly 300,000 displaced in northeast Nigeria by Islamist group Boko Haram
Nearly 300,000 people, more than half of them children, have fled their homes in northeast Nigeria since May last year because of violence
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Soldiers flee, 13 die in attacks in north Nigeria
Soldiers abandoned checkpoints and fled into the bush, leaving five villages and a town at the mercy of Islamic extremists who killed at least 13 people.
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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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150 People Drowned or Shot Dead Escaping Boko Haram Ambush in Nigeria: Local Reports
Up to 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead fleeing Boko Haram gunmen who raided a remote village in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe state, locals said on Tuesday.
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Nigeria Military Claims to Have Killed 300 Boko Haram Militants in Counter Offensive
Nigerian forces have killed more than 300 Boko Haram fighters during an operation to recapture 11 towns and villages since the start of the week, the military said on Wednesday, as regional neighbours also pounded the militants.
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Over 7,000 Refugees Flee to Chad After Nigeria Violence
Around 7,300 Nigerian refugees have fled to the neighbouring Chad, over the last 10 days, following violence in northeastern Nigeria, the UN said Friday.
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Boko Haram Militants Kill At Least 100 People, Destroy 16 Villages in Nigeria
Boko Haram razed at least 16 towns and villages, killing at least 100 people in a renewed assault on the weekend, say sources.
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Boko Haram Destroys At Least 16 Towns, Villages in Nigeria: Officials
Boko Haram launched renewed attacks around a captured town in restive northeast Nigeria this week, razing at least 16 towns and villages, a local government and a union official told AFP.
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Boko Haram Militants Kill 32, Kidnap Scores in Nigeria: Officials
Boko Haram militants killed 32 people and kidnapped scores of others in an attack on the village of Gumsuri in the restive northeast, two local officials and a witness said on Thursday.
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Twin Blasts Kill At Least 40 in Nigerian City of Jos
Two bombs exploded near a bus station in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Thursday evening, witnesses said, the second one killing at least 40 people.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 48 Students in Nigeria
Survivors say a suicide bomber disguised in a school uniform has detonated explosives at a high school assembly in northeast Nigeria, and a morgue worker says 48 students have been killed.
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Boko Haram Attacks Commercial Hub in Nigeria's Adamawa State
Boko Haram fighters on Wednesday clashed with Nigerian troops in the country's remote northeast, forcing thousands to flee, after two other attacks that further undermined claims of a ceasefire.
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Two Cameroon Soldiers Killed in Crossborder Boko Haram Attack: Official
A suspected crossborder raid overnight by Nigeria's radical Islamic group Boko Haram killed two Cameroonian soldiers, a Cameroonian security official said on Friday on condition of anonymity.
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More Than 50 Die in Nigeria Islamist Church Attacks Ahead of World Cup Game
An attack on churches in northeast Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram killed more than 50 people, an official said on Monday, overshadowing festivities ahead of a last-16 World Cup match against France.
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More Than 50 Die in Nigeria Islamist Church Attacks Ahead of World Cup Game
An attack on churches in northeast Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram killed more than 50 people, an official said on Monday, overshadowing festivities ahead of a last-16 World Cup match against France.
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Nearly 300,000 displaced in northeast Nigeria by Islamist group Boko Haram
Nearly 300,000 people, more than half of them children, have fled their homes in northeast Nigeria since May last year because of violence
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Soldiers flee, 13 die in attacks in north Nigeria
Soldiers abandoned checkpoints and fled into the bush, leaving five villages and a town at the mercy of Islamic extremists who killed at least 13 people.
