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Nigeria: Boko Haram blamed for latest attack that kills dozens

Northeastern Nigeria has been rocked by another bomb attack that has left around 50 people dead at a busy market.

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Scores killed in Nigeria market bomb blast

A bomb blast has hit a busy meat market in Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing as many as 50 people, according to eyewitnesses. So far

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Boko Haram freed women tell of captive life under Islamist Jihadi fighters

Boko Haram is fracturing, there is discontent in the organisation’s ranks as they face shortages of fuel and weapons. That’s according to a group of

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Prayers for the abducted Chibok school girls - still missing after one year

Campaigners calling for the rescue of over 200 girls abducted in Chibok, Nigeria, have held a prayer session in the capital Abuja to mark the one

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Nigerian military believe it is winning the battle against Boko Haram extremists in the north of the country

Nigeria’s military officials believe they are winning the battle against the Boko Haram terrorists. They claim to have ousted insurgents from all the

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Nigeria presidential poll is marred by voting irregularities and violence

Counting is underway in Nigeria’s presidential election which has been marred by violence and irregularities. Voting had to be extended into a

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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Chadian forces kill hundreds of Boko Haram militants in north east Nigeria

Chad’s army claims it has killed some 200 Boko Haram militants in the towns of Gambaru and Ngala near the border with Cameroon. Around 2,000 Chadian

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Boko Haram strikes again in Nigeria

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

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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

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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

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Boko Haram: Nigeria's forgotten war

Last week, while the world’s eyes were turned towards France following the terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo, thousands of kilometres away, more

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'Girl of 10' carries out Nigeria suicide bombing

A bomb worn by a girl thought to be about 10 years old has exploded in a crowded marketplace in northeast Nigeria, killing at least 16 people and

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Deadly suicide bomb attack in Nigeria market

At least twenty people have died and dozens more have been injured when a girl, thought to be aged ten, blew herself up at a crowded market in