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"End Sexual Violence," Said US Senator Accused Of Forcing Aide Into Oral Sex
A US woman senator, who has been accused of forcing her former chief of staff to perform sexual acts on her, had introduced a bill against sexual assault in the California Senate just months after firing him for allegedly refusing her advances.
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6 Soldiers Killed in Boko Haram Attack in Cameroon
An attack by Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorists against a Lake Chad army base manned by an anti-insurgent regional force has left six Cameroonian soldiers dead, a military source said on Tuesday.
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Boko Haram Falls Victim To A Food Crisis It Created
After rampaging across the region for years, forcing more than 2 million people to flee their homes and farms, Boko Haram appears to be falling victim to a major food crisis of its own creation.
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Donors Pledge $250 Million To Fight Boko Haram
Despite offensives by the regional force with troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, the Islamist jihadists maintain strongholds in areas that are difficult to access.
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Niger Air Force Bombs Boko Haram Base, Arrests 20 Terrotists
Niger's air force bombed a Boko Haram base in the country's southeast and arrested more than 20 terrorists, security sources said today, in its biggest counter-attack in eight months.
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500,000 More Children Uprooted by Boko Haram: UNICEF
Some 500,000 children have been forced to flee Boko Haram militants in the last five months after an upsurge in attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, the UN children's agency said on Friday.
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Chadian Forces in 'Major' Hunt for Boko Haram on Lake Chad
The Chadian army has launched a "major operation" to flush out jihadists from the Nigeria-based Boko Haram group from islands in Lake Chad, a security source said on Monday.
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US Set to Provide $5 Million for Anti-Boko Haram Force
The United States plans to provide $5 million to help support a regional military force fighting Nigeria's Islamist militant group Boko Haram, a state department official said on Tuesday.
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23 Killed in Suicide Bombings Targeted at Chad Police
Twenty-three people were killed today in suicide bombings targeting police in the Chadian capital that the government said was the work of Boko Haram militants.
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Boko Haram Retakes Northeastern Town From Nigerian Army: Witnesses
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have forced hundreds of soldiers to flee Marte, a border town along the shores of the Lake Chad, a local official and witnesses said Friday.
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Nigerian Forces Retake Border Town of Baga from Boko Haram
Nigerian forces backed by air strikes seized the northeastern border town of Baga from Islamist group Boko Haram yesterday, the military said, a significant victory in an offensive against an insurgency affecting four African states.
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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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Chad Forces Killed 120 Boko Haram Militants in Cameroon
Chadian forces have killed 120 militants from Boko Haram in a battle in the north of neighbouring Cameroon that began when the insurgents attacked its troops, the army said in a statement on Saturday, adding that three of its soldiers were killed.
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UN Chief Backs Regional African Force to Fight Boko Haram
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today gave his backing to an African Union proposal to set up a regional five-nation force of 7,500 troops to fight Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants.
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France to Strike Terrorists Leaving Southern Libya
French President Francois Hollande is ruling out unilateral military intervention in Libya but says that French forces will strike Islamic extremists leaving the country to bring arms to Africa's Sahel region.
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"End Sexual Violence," Said US Senator Accused Of Forcing Aide Into Oral Sex
A US woman senator, who has been accused of forcing her former chief of staff to perform sexual acts on her, had introduced a bill against sexual assault in the California Senate just months after firing him for allegedly refusing her advances.
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6 Soldiers Killed in Boko Haram Attack in Cameroon
An attack by Nigeria's Boko Haram terrorists against a Lake Chad army base manned by an anti-insurgent regional force has left six Cameroonian soldiers dead, a military source said on Tuesday.
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Boko Haram Falls Victim To A Food Crisis It Created
After rampaging across the region for years, forcing more than 2 million people to flee their homes and farms, Boko Haram appears to be falling victim to a major food crisis of its own creation.
-
Donors Pledge $250 Million To Fight Boko Haram
Despite offensives by the regional force with troops from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, the Islamist jihadists maintain strongholds in areas that are difficult to access.
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Niger Air Force Bombs Boko Haram Base, Arrests 20 Terrotists
Niger's air force bombed a Boko Haram base in the country's southeast and arrested more than 20 terrorists, security sources said today, in its biggest counter-attack in eight months.
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500,000 More Children Uprooted by Boko Haram: UNICEF
Some 500,000 children have been forced to flee Boko Haram militants in the last five months after an upsurge in attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger, the UN children's agency said on Friday.
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Chadian Forces in 'Major' Hunt for Boko Haram on Lake Chad
The Chadian army has launched a "major operation" to flush out jihadists from the Nigeria-based Boko Haram group from islands in Lake Chad, a security source said on Monday.
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US Set to Provide $5 Million for Anti-Boko Haram Force
The United States plans to provide $5 million to help support a regional military force fighting Nigeria's Islamist militant group Boko Haram, a state department official said on Tuesday.
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23 Killed in Suicide Bombings Targeted at Chad Police
Twenty-three people were killed today in suicide bombings targeting police in the Chadian capital that the government said was the work of Boko Haram militants.
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Boko Haram Retakes Northeastern Town From Nigerian Army: Witnesses
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have forced hundreds of soldiers to flee Marte, a border town along the shores of the Lake Chad, a local official and witnesses said Friday.
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Nigerian Forces Retake Border Town of Baga from Boko Haram
Nigerian forces backed by air strikes seized the northeastern border town of Baga from Islamist group Boko Haram yesterday, the military said, a significant victory in an offensive against an insurgency affecting four African states.
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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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Chad Forces Killed 120 Boko Haram Militants in Cameroon
Chadian forces have killed 120 militants from Boko Haram in a battle in the north of neighbouring Cameroon that began when the insurgents attacked its troops, the army said in a statement on Saturday, adding that three of its soldiers were killed.
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UN Chief Backs Regional African Force to Fight Boko Haram
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today gave his backing to an African Union proposal to set up a regional five-nation force of 7,500 troops to fight Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants.
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France to Strike Terrorists Leaving Southern Libya
French President Francois Hollande is ruling out unilateral military intervention in Libya but says that French forces will strike Islamic extremists leaving the country to bring arms to Africa's Sahel region.
