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23 'Beheaded' in Northeast Nigeria on Eve of Election: Federal Lawmaker
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen beheaded 23 people and set fire to homes in Buratai, northeast Nigeria, on the eve of Saturday's general elections, a federal lawmaker representing the area told AFP.
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Masses Displaced By Boko Haram Hope to Vote in Nigeria Polls
A woman in a pale and patterned hijab, stares blankly from a bed in a makeshift clinic at a camp for the displaced in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, with newborn twins resting on her lap.
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Boko Haram Fighters Told to 'Kill Wives' As Troops Take Its 'Headquarters'
Nigeria's military on Friday announced that troops had retaken the town of Gwoza from Boko Haram, from which the group declared their caliphate last year.
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Boko Haram 'Slaughter Wives' in Northeast Nigeria, Say Witnesses
Dozens of Nigerian women who were forced to marry Boko Haram fighters were reportedly slaughtered by their "husbands" before a battle with troops in the northeast town of Bama, multiple witnesses said today.
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Boko Haram Kills 68, Including Children, in Nigeria: Witnesses
Boko Haram gunmen killed 68 people, including many children, in a massacre in the northeast Nigeria village of Njaba, two witnesses and two vigilantes told AFP on Thursday.
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Nigeria President Visits Site of Boko Haram Massacre
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday visited the town of Baga where Boko Haram Islamists are accused of slaughtering hundreds of people last month in the group's worst-ever massacre.
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Nigerian Military Claims Recapture of Baga from Boko Haram
Nigeria's military, on Saturday, claimed to have recaptured the town of Baga from Boko Haram, more than a month after it was overrun in what is feared to be the worst massacre of its six-year insurgency.
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Boko Haram Kills Dozens in Rampage after Chad Offensive
Nigerian Boko Haram fighters went on the rampage in the Cameroonian border town of Fotokol on Wednesday, massacring dozens of civilians and torching a mosque before being repelled by regional forces.
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Boko Haram Goes on Rampage After Chad Offensive
Nigerian Boko Haram fighters went on the rampage in the Cameroonian border town of Fotokol Wednesday, massacring civilians and torching a mosque before being repelled by regional forces.
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Boko Haram Leader Claims Massacre in Baga, Threatens More
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has claimed responsibility for the mass killings in the northeast Nigerian town of Baga and threatened more violence.
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John Kerry Accuses Boko Haram of 'Crime Against Humanity' as Massacre Images Emerge
US Secretary of State John Kerry branded a Boko Haram massacre in northern Nigeria a "crime against humanity" Thursday as satellite images suggested massive destruction in the two towns reported razed by its fighters.
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Boko Haram Massacres 'Crime Against Humanity': John Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that massacres in two Nigerian towns by Islamist group Boko Haram this month constituted a "crime against humanity".
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'Piles of Bodies' in Nigerian Town Attacked by Boko Haram, Say Locals
When Borye Kime crept back into the fishing town of Baga in northeast Nigeria in the early hours of Monday, a weak moon shone on a grisly sight. "It is corpses everywhere," he told AFP.
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2,000 Killed by Boko Haram in Nigeria Town, Say Reports
Hundreds of bodies - too many to count - remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack that Amnesty International suggested on Friday is the "deadliest massacre" in the history of Boko Haram.
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43 killed in Nigeria in suspected Boko Haram school attack
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists killed 43 people on Tuesday in an attack on secondary school students as they slept in the latest school massacre to hit Nigeria's troubled northeast.
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23 'Beheaded' in Northeast Nigeria on Eve of Election: Federal Lawmaker
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen beheaded 23 people and set fire to homes in Buratai, northeast Nigeria, on the eve of Saturday's general elections, a federal lawmaker representing the area told AFP.
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Masses Displaced By Boko Haram Hope to Vote in Nigeria Polls
A woman in a pale and patterned hijab, stares blankly from a bed in a makeshift clinic at a camp for the displaced in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, with newborn twins resting on her lap.
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Boko Haram Fighters Told to 'Kill Wives' As Troops Take Its 'Headquarters'
Nigeria's military on Friday announced that troops had retaken the town of Gwoza from Boko Haram, from which the group declared their caliphate last year.
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Boko Haram 'Slaughter Wives' in Northeast Nigeria, Say Witnesses
Dozens of Nigerian women who were forced to marry Boko Haram fighters were reportedly slaughtered by their "husbands" before a battle with troops in the northeast town of Bama, multiple witnesses said today.
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Boko Haram Kills 68, Including Children, in Nigeria: Witnesses
Boko Haram gunmen killed 68 people, including many children, in a massacre in the northeast Nigeria village of Njaba, two witnesses and two vigilantes told AFP on Thursday.
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Nigeria President Visits Site of Boko Haram Massacre
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday visited the town of Baga where Boko Haram Islamists are accused of slaughtering hundreds of people last month in the group's worst-ever massacre.
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Nigerian Military Claims Recapture of Baga from Boko Haram
Nigeria's military, on Saturday, claimed to have recaptured the town of Baga from Boko Haram, more than a month after it was overrun in what is feared to be the worst massacre of its six-year insurgency.
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Boko Haram Kills Dozens in Rampage after Chad Offensive
Nigerian Boko Haram fighters went on the rampage in the Cameroonian border town of Fotokol on Wednesday, massacring dozens of civilians and torching a mosque before being repelled by regional forces.
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Boko Haram Goes on Rampage After Chad Offensive
Nigerian Boko Haram fighters went on the rampage in the Cameroonian border town of Fotokol Wednesday, massacring civilians and torching a mosque before being repelled by regional forces.
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Boko Haram Leader Claims Massacre in Baga, Threatens More
Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has claimed responsibility for the mass killings in the northeast Nigerian town of Baga and threatened more violence.
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John Kerry Accuses Boko Haram of 'Crime Against Humanity' as Massacre Images Emerge
US Secretary of State John Kerry branded a Boko Haram massacre in northern Nigeria a "crime against humanity" Thursday as satellite images suggested massive destruction in the two towns reported razed by its fighters.
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Boko Haram Massacres 'Crime Against Humanity': John Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that massacres in two Nigerian towns by Islamist group Boko Haram this month constituted a "crime against humanity".
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'Piles of Bodies' in Nigerian Town Attacked by Boko Haram, Say Locals
When Borye Kime crept back into the fishing town of Baga in northeast Nigeria in the early hours of Monday, a weak moon shone on a grisly sight. "It is corpses everywhere," he told AFP.
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2,000 Killed by Boko Haram in Nigeria Town, Say Reports
Hundreds of bodies - too many to count - remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack that Amnesty International suggested on Friday is the "deadliest massacre" in the history of Boko Haram.
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43 killed in Nigeria in suspected Boko Haram school attack
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists killed 43 people on Tuesday in an attack on secondary school students as they slept in the latest school massacre to hit Nigeria's troubled northeast.
