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Boko Haram kills kidnapped female aid worker - govt
Three female health workers were kidnapped during a Boko Haram raid in Borno state, Nigeria, on 1 March that killed three other aid workers and eight Nigerian soldiers.
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Red Cross appeals for lives of abducted health workers in Nigeria
The International Committee of the Red Cross spoke out a month after another hostage kidnapped with them was executed by the jihadists.
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Army: Nigerian troops foil Boko Haram attack on base
Scores of soldiers have been killed, injured or missing in attacks but the military has repeatedly denied or played down losses to the jihadists.
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Candidates queue up to run Boko Haram-hit Nigerian state
At least 21 politicians have thrown their hat in the ring to try to secure the nomination for the ruling All Progressives Congress at party primaries this weekend.
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Cameroon soldiers arrested for killing suspected Boko Haram sympathisers
Authorities in Yaoundè, who initially dismissed footage of the killings as fake news, now say seven soldiers have been arrested.
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Nigeria troops repel fresh Boko Haram base attack
Hours of fighting ensued but the attack was repelled with the help of aerial support, military sources in the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, told AFP on Thursday morning.
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Many feared dead after Islamist attack in Nigeria - witnesses
There is mounting pressure to show progress in the war against Islamist groups ahead of a presidential election, according to sources familiar with the situation.
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30 Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram raid - military sources
Scores of jihadists in trucks stormed the base at Zari village in northern Borno state late Thursday and briefly seized it after a fierce battle.
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Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram begs for freedom
Nigeria is still haunted by the kidnapping of the Chibok girls in 2014.
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Mozambique police name suspected ringleaders behind Islamist threat
They’ve asked the public for help in tracking down the men, whose activities mirror those of Boko Haram in West Africa.
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5 suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers die in Nigeria
The attack claimed the lives of only the suicide bombers as they detonated their improvised explosive devices at various locations in the neighbourhood.
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Nigeria imposes curfew as 70 die in escalating communal clashes
Insecurity has become a major electoral problem for President Muhammadu Buhari, who plans to seek re-election in February and who won power on pledges to deliver peace and stability.
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Nigerian soldiers accused of raping women who fled Boko Haram insurgency
The human rights watchdog says the troops sometimes demanded sex in exchange for food at refugee camps.
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At least 100 people kidnapped along road in northern Nigeria
Birnin Gwari, in the northern state of Kaduna, is infamous for its lawlessness, and thick forests provide bandits with hideouts from security forces.
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Nigeria's Boko Haram has abducted more than 1,000 children since 2013: UN
The agency said it had documented more than 1,000 verified cases, the first time it had published an estimated tally. But the actual number could be much larger, it added.
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UN halts aid work in northeast Nigeria town
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said it had suspended its work in Rann following the attack and evacuated both national and international staff.
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Buhari vows to crush Boko Haram after mass kidnapping
More than one hundred girls are missing after an attack on a school in northeast Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.
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'We're never coming back,' say kidnapped Chibok girls in video
Militant Islamist group Boko Haram released a video on Monday purportedly showing some of the remaining girls who were kidnapped from the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok in 2014.
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Boko Haram kidnaps 30 woodcutters in Borno State
The group of men had left for the Wulgo Village in the Borno State to collect wood early on Tuesday when they came under attack.
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Militants attack Nigerian city at centre of conflict with Boko Haram
Boko Haram has in the past targeted places of worship during religious celebrations, including attacking churches at Christmas or mosques during Muslim festivals or prayer times.
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Cameroonian journalist to be freed after terrorism charges dropped
Radio France Internationale reporter Ahmed Abba was arrested in July 2015 and sentenced in April this year to 10 years.
