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Soldiers 'Rescued' Women, Then Starved And Raped Them, Amnesty International Says
As the Nigerian military reclaimed territory from Boko Haram extremists, troops also opened fire on civilians, forcibly separated them from their families and burned down their homes, according to a report released by Amnesty International on Wednesday.
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Over 100 Killed As Nigerian Jet Mistakenly Bombs Displaced Camp
A Nigerian air force fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists mistakenly bombed a refugee camp on Tuesday, killing more than 100 refugees and aid workers, a Borno state official said.
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Chibok Girls Swapped For Detainees, Ransom Or Both?
Conflicting reports are emerging about whether the first negotiated release of Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria in 2014 involved a ransom payment, a prisoner swap for Islamic extremist commanders or both.
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49,000 Kids Dying Of Malnutrition Linked To Boko Haram: UN
The U.N. children's agency warns that some 49,000 children will die of malnutrition in areas once cut off by northeastern Nigeria's Islamic extremist uprising if they don't get treatment.
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7 Dead In Attack On Niger Military Barracks: Boko Haram
A group that tracks online extremist activity says Boko Haram claims to have killed "seven apostates" in an attack on a military barracks in southeast Niger.
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Child Bombers In Boko Haram Increase 10-Fold: UNICEF
The number of child bombers used by the Islamic extremists of Boko Haram has increased from four to 44 in a year with devastating consequences in communities that now see children as threats, UNICEF said on Tuesday.
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Nigeria President Accused Of Overstating Boko Haram Losses
Officials in northern Nigeria say President Muhammadu Buhari has exaggerated the military's success against Boko Haram after an American commander testified that the extremist group still holds territory.
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Boko Haram Burns Kids Alive In Nigeria, 86 Dead: Officials
A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death, among 86 people officials say died in the latest attack by Nigeria's homegrown Islamic extremists.
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Boko Haram Burns Kids Alive In Northeast Nigeria: Report
A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children among people burned to death in the latest attack by Nigeria's homegrown Islamic extremists.
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Boko Haram Attacks Northeast Nigerian City, Many Killed
Boko Haram Islamic extremists struck the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri for the first time in months Monday with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple suicide bombers, witnesses said. At least 15 people were killed but the toll was feared many times higher.
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Boko Haram Violence Forces 1 Million Children Out Of School: UN
The United Nations children's agency says attacks by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria and neighboring countries have forced more than one million children out of school heightening the risk they will be abused, abducted or recruited by armed groups.
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Nigeria Arrests 9 Alleged Boko Haram Extremists in Abuja
Nigeria's intelligence agency says it has arrested nine alleged Boko Haram extremists plotting attacks on Abuja, the capital, over the festive season.
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Boko Haram Fighters Die in Clashes With Cameroon Army
At least 17 fighters from the Nigerian Islamic extremist group Boko Haram have died in clashes with Cameroon troops in the border town of Amchide, informed sources said Tuesday.
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Bombings Foiled in North Cameroon, Prey to Boko Haram
Two women suicide bombers who were foiled in a bid to attack a village market in northern Cameroon blew themselves up on Tuesday, wounding two farm workers, security sources said.
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In Niger, US Soldiers Quietly Help Build Wall Against Boko Haram
Despite years of intimidation by the violent extremist group Boko Haram, the people of southeastern Niger's Diffa region had never held a summit to confront the threat - perhaps with good reason.
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Soldiers 'Rescued' Women, Then Starved And Raped Them, Amnesty International Says
As the Nigerian military reclaimed territory from Boko Haram extremists, troops also opened fire on civilians, forcibly separated them from their families and burned down their homes, according to a report released by Amnesty International on Wednesday.
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Over 100 Killed As Nigerian Jet Mistakenly Bombs Displaced Camp
A Nigerian air force fighter jet on a mission against Boko Haram extremists mistakenly bombed a refugee camp on Tuesday, killing more than 100 refugees and aid workers, a Borno state official said.
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Chibok Girls Swapped For Detainees, Ransom Or Both?
Conflicting reports are emerging about whether the first negotiated release of Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria in 2014 involved a ransom payment, a prisoner swap for Islamic extremist commanders or both.
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49,000 Kids Dying Of Malnutrition Linked To Boko Haram: UN
The U.N. children's agency warns that some 49,000 children will die of malnutrition in areas once cut off by northeastern Nigeria's Islamic extremist uprising if they don't get treatment.
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7 Dead In Attack On Niger Military Barracks: Boko Haram
A group that tracks online extremist activity says Boko Haram claims to have killed "seven apostates" in an attack on a military barracks in southeast Niger.
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Child Bombers In Boko Haram Increase 10-Fold: UNICEF
The number of child bombers used by the Islamic extremists of Boko Haram has increased from four to 44 in a year with devastating consequences in communities that now see children as threats, UNICEF said on Tuesday.
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Nigeria President Accused Of Overstating Boko Haram Losses
Officials in northern Nigeria say President Muhammadu Buhari has exaggerated the military's success against Boko Haram after an American commander testified that the extremist group still holds territory.
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Boko Haram Burns Kids Alive In Nigeria, 86 Dead: Officials
A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death, among 86 people officials say died in the latest attack by Nigeria's homegrown Islamic extremists.
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Boko Haram Burns Kids Alive In Northeast Nigeria: Report
A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children among people burned to death in the latest attack by Nigeria's homegrown Islamic extremists.
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Boko Haram Attacks Northeast Nigerian City, Many Killed
Boko Haram Islamic extremists struck the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri for the first time in months Monday with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple suicide bombers, witnesses said. At least 15 people were killed but the toll was feared many times higher.
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Boko Haram Violence Forces 1 Million Children Out Of School: UN
The United Nations children's agency says attacks by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria and neighboring countries have forced more than one million children out of school heightening the risk they will be abused, abducted or recruited by armed groups.
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Nigeria Arrests 9 Alleged Boko Haram Extremists in Abuja
Nigeria's intelligence agency says it has arrested nine alleged Boko Haram extremists plotting attacks on Abuja, the capital, over the festive season.
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Boko Haram Fighters Die in Clashes With Cameroon Army
At least 17 fighters from the Nigerian Islamic extremist group Boko Haram have died in clashes with Cameroon troops in the border town of Amchide, informed sources said Tuesday.
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Bombings Foiled in North Cameroon, Prey to Boko Haram
Two women suicide bombers who were foiled in a bid to attack a village market in northern Cameroon blew themselves up on Tuesday, wounding two farm workers, security sources said.
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In Niger, US Soldiers Quietly Help Build Wall Against Boko Haram
Despite years of intimidation by the violent extremist group Boko Haram, the people of southeastern Niger's Diffa region had never held a summit to confront the threat - perhaps with good reason.
