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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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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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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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Four dead in ambush of World Food Programme convoy in Nigeria
Attacks on aid workers are relatively rare in the conflict with the Islamist insurgency, compared with assaults on the military and civilians in Nigeria’s northeast.
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Isis claims responsibility for Nigeria attack
It is the first time the group will take responsibility for an attack in Nigeria.
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Nigerian army rescues 5 people from Boko Haram
Seven villages were involved in the operation which led to the rescue of five persons while several vehicles and other light weapons were discovered.
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Calls to intensify efforts to protect civilians against Boko Haram
Amnesty International says Boko Haram is once again committing war crimes on a huge scale, despite claims the jihadist group has been defeated.
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Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 15 in Cameroon
Suspected Boko Haram militants sprayed a village in remote Cameroon with automatic fire, killing 15 people and kidnapping eight others, officials said.
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Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 15 in Cameroon
Many people fled the village for a camp near Kolofata that houses thousands displaced by Boko Haram violence, he said.
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Nigerian army claims surrender of 68 Boko Haram terrorists
The news of the surrender was, however, overshadowed by the suicide attack at Muna Garage area in Maiduguri, Borno state on Wednesday.
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Nigeria says has rescued oil firm staff kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram
Suspected members of the Islamist insurgency reportedly kidnapped 10 members of a university research team the firm had contracted to prospect for oil.
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Malala urges Nigeria to prioritise education system
Africa’s most populous country has some 10 million children of school age who do not attend, government figures state.
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Suicide bombers kill 17 in northeast Nigeria's Maiduguri
The blasts struck four areas in the city, which is the capital of Borno, the state worst affected by the eight-year-old insurgency by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
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Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 9, abduct dozens in Niger
Boko Haram launches frequent cross-border raids from its strongholds in northeastern Nigeria and has killed more than 20,000 people during its eight-year insurgency.
