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Boko Haram will not 'sabotage' Nigeria's presidential poll, says analyst

Saturday’s presidential election in Nigeria sees incumbent Goodluck Jonathan go up against former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari. It is being

27/03/2015

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Security stepped up ahead of Nigerian presidential elections

Nigeria attempts to avoid the deadly violence of the 2011 elections, with increased security ahead of the presidential vote.

27/03/2015

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Nigeria: Hundreds of women and children kidnapped, locals say

Boko Haram militants in northern Nigeria have kidnapped more than 400 young women and children from Damasak, according to residents of the town

25/03/2015

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Nigeria: Dozens of corpses found in town re-taken from Boko Haram

At least 70 bodies have been found scattered under a bridge in a Nigerian town recently re-taken from Boko Haram militants. The partially mummified

21/03/2015

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Boko Haram on the run as Nigerian army retakes Baga

Under the combined pressure of forces from Chad, Cameroon and Nigeria Islamic extremists Boko Haram are not having things all their own way. The

14/03/2015

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Nigeria announces further victories in fight against Boko Haram

Nigeria’s military says coalition forces have almost entirely recaptured the former Boko Haram stronghold of Yobe State, in the northeast of the

11/03/2015

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Boko Haram 'loses ground' in Nigeria

Military sources in Nigeria say their ground forces are starting to reclaim areas seized by Boko Haram militants. In the past months, the Islamist

10/03/2015

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Chad and Niger launch joint campaign against Boko Haram

Chad and Niger have launched a joint military operation against Boko Haram in Nigeria. The Sunni militant group has expanded cross border raids

08/03/2015

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Nigeria: Dozens killed as blasts hit former Boko Haram stronghold

07/03/2015

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At least 50 killed in multiple blasts in key Nigerian city

At least 50 people are reported dead after three blasts rocked the key northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri. One bomb is said to have gone off near

07/03/2015

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Nigeria rocked by twin suicide attacks, Boko Haram blamed

At least 26 people have been killing in suicide attacks in two different parts of Nigeria. The attacks took place at major bus stations in Potiskum

25/02/2015

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Nigeria retakes Baga as Boko Haram attacks more villages

Nigerian forces are said to have retaken the strategic northeastern town of Baga from Islamist militant group Boko Haram. However, witnesses reported

21/02/2015

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Nigeria says airstrikes have killed 'large number' of Boko Haram militants

Nigeria’s military says it has bombed northeastern training camps and equipment belonging to Boko Haram, killing a large number of insurgents. The

19/02/2015

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Hundreds of Boko Haram militants killed around northeastern Nigeria

More than 300 Boko Haram islamic militants have been killed in operations in and around northeastern Nigeria according to army sources. As part of a

18/02/2015

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Boko Haram vows to disrupt Nigeria's March 28 election 'at any cost'

Islamist militants Boko Haram have vowed to disrupt Nigeria’s March 28 elections at any cost in a newly released video. It comes as fears grow that

18/02/2015

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Vow to crush Boko Haram met with scorn

The Nigerian government is insisting that a widening offensive by Boko Haram will be crushed, and there will be no further election postponement

10/02/2015

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Battle against Boko Haram intensifies

Boko Haram militants have continued to push their battles over Nigeria’s borders, with an attack and suspected kidnapping in northern Cameroon. It

09/02/2015

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Nigeria and neighbours announce multi-national force to confront Boko Haram

At a meeting in Cameroon, Nigeria and its four neighbouring countries have agreed to send an 8,000 plus force to confront Boko Haram. The conflict is

08/02/2015

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Nigerian presidential election delayed due to security concerns

The country's electoral commission announces the vote will be postponed by more than a month.

08/02/2015

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Chad forces mass on Nigeria border as France boosts fight against Boko Haram

France has sent military advisers to Niger’s southern border with Nigeria in an effort to boost the campaign by regional powers against the Islamist

05/02/2015

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Boko Haram strikes again in Nigeria

The Islamist group attacked Maiduguri a major northeastern city around midnight on Sunday.

25/01/2015

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Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks have displaced one million

22/01/2015

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German Boko Haram hostage freed

A German hostage, kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants in Nigeria, has been freed following a raid by Cameroon’s military. Arriving at Yaounde

21/01/2015

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Boko Haram exporting terror violence

The UN Security Council has demanded that Nigeria’s terrorist group Boko Haram disarm and demobilise. The charity Oxfam says violence by the Islamist

20/01/2015

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Boko Haram violence surges ahead of Nigerian elections

Boko Haram began its concerted terror campaign in Nigeria in 2009. The Sunni jihadist movement was founded in 2002. The Islamists’ goal is to impose

15/01/2015

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Images show Boko Haram's massive destruction in Baga, Nigeria

Satellite images released by Amnesty International show the scale of what it says is Boko Haram’s biggest and most destructive assault yet. The

15/01/2015