Northeastern Nigeria

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  Blasts Rocks Migrant Camps In Northeastern Nigeria, Kills 4 And Injures 18

  Multiple blasts killed four people and injured eight others in the northeastern Nigeria city of Maiduguri, the state police commissioner said on Wednesday.

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  Suicide Bombing Kills At Least 10 in Northeast Nigeria: Officials

  At least 10 people were killed and 11 wounded today in a suicide attack at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state, hospital sources said.

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  Multiple Blasts at Restive Nigerian City of Maiduguri: Locals

  Multiple explosions were heard Sunday on the outskirts of Maiduguri, a city in northeastern Nigeria that has repeatedly been attacked by Boko Haram Islamists, locals said.

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  Boko Haram Abducts 135, Kills 8 in Cameroon Raid

  Boko Haram militants kidnapped 135 people and killed at least eight others in a raid in northern Cameroon, as the Islamists continued to strike beyond their strongholds in neighbouring Nigeria, police and local sources said on Wednesday.

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  Nigeria Names Head of Regional Force to Fight Boko Haram

  Nigeria on Thursday named the head of a new multinational force created to fight Boko Haram jihadists carrying out a wave of attacks, as the country's outgoing defence chief of staff warned its military was underfunded and poorly equipped.

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  Boko Haram Kill 11 People Who 'Escaped Forced Conscription' in Nigeria

  Suspected Boko Haram militants executed 11 men overnight Friday in northeastern Nigeria, dragging them out of their homes and shooting them for escaping forced conscription by the armed group, residents said.

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  At Least 55 Killed in Boko Haram Raids on 2 Nigerian Villages: Residents

  At least 55 people were killed in two Boko Haram raids this week near Maiduguri, capital of restive northeastern Nigeria Borno state, a vigilante and two residents said on Friday.

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  'Vicious' Boko Haram Attacks Send Over 11,000 Fleeing to Chad

  The United Nations on Tuesday said that the latest wave of Boko Haram's "vicious, ruthless attacks" in northeastern Nigeria had sent 11,320 people fleeing into Chad in a matter of days.

• Bomb Kills Five Nigerian Troops; Boko Haram Suspected

  Five Nigerian troops were killed and seven injured when a roadside bomb went off in northeastern Nigeria, an army colonel said.

• Suspected Boko Haram Fighters Kidnap 25 Girls in Northeast Nigeria

  Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped at least 25 girls in an attack on a remote town in northeastern Nigeria, witnesses said, despite talks on freeing over 200 other female hostages they seized in April.

• Nigeria: Boko Haram Claims it is Islamic Caliphate

  Boko Haram, the Islamic extremist group operating mainly in northeastern Nigeria, claims it has added the city of Gwoza to an Islamic state that it has established in northeastern Nigeria.

• Nigeria Says 35 Policemen Missing After Attack

  Nigeria's police say they're searching for 35 missing policemen after two attacks on police training camps in northeastern Borno state, which is battling a five-year insurgency by the Boko Haram militant group.

• Boko Haram Seizing Villages in Nigeria: Witnesses

  Boko Haram militants are taking over villages in northeastern Nigeria, killing and terrorizing civilians and political leaders, witnesses say, as the Islamic fighters make a comeback from a year-long military offensive aimed at crushing them.

• Suspected Islamist militants kill 85 in northeast Nigeria

  Suspected Islamist militants have killed at least 85 people in northeastern Nigeria, witnesses and officials said on Sunday, in a further setback to President Goodluck Jonathan's military campaign.