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Niger Extends State Of Emergency In Diffa Region Hit By Boko Haram
Niger has extended a state of emergency in the southeastern region of Diffa for three months after a series of attacks by Boko Haram, the government said late on Friday.
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Boko Haram Attacks Force 12,000 Pupils From Niger Schools: UN
Some 150 schools with more than 12,000 pupils have been forced to close due to the deadly attacks in Niger's southeast Diffa region, the United Nations said Friday.
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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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Suspected Boko Haram Suicide Attack Kills At Least 4 in Niger
Suspected Islamist militants from Nigeria's Boko Haram group killed three civilians and a soldier in a double suicide attack across the border in Niger on Sunday, 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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Nigerian Refugees in Atrocious Situation in Niger: United Nations
Thousands of Nigerian refugees who fled to southeast Niger to escape the Islamist group Boko Haram are in an "atrocious" situation, the United Nations says.
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Boko Haram Attacks Prison in Niger, 4 Killed
Suspected Boko Haram militants launched an attack on the prison in the southern Niger town of Diffa late on Saturday, military sources said, in an apparent bid to free fellow members of the Nigerian Islamist group held there.
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Thousands Flee Niger Town After Boko Haram Attacks
Thousands of civilians fled their homes in the southeastern Niger town of Diffa this week, officials said on Thursday, following waves of cross-border raids and suicide bombings by Nigerian militant group Boko Haram.
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Suicide Bombers Strike Niger Town; Chadians Kill 13 Boko Haram Militants
Two female suicide bombers attacked the Niger frontier town of Diffa on Wednesday, security sources said, shortly after Chad's army said it had killed 13 fighters from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in the Nigerian town of Gambaru.
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Nigeria's Boko Haram Opens New Front in Niger
Boko Haram fighters waged twin attacks Sunday in Niger, their latest front in an expanding regional insurgency, claiming at least one life, reportedly that of a child.
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109 Boko Haram Fighters Killed After Attack in Niger
Niger claimed that its troops killed 109 Boko Haram fighters when the Islamists carried out their first major attack in the country on Friday, while four soldiers and a civilian were also left dead.
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Niger Extends State Of Emergency In Diffa Region Hit By Boko Haram
Niger has extended a state of emergency in the southeastern region of Diffa for three months after a series of attacks by Boko Haram, the government said late on Friday.
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Boko Haram Attacks Force 12,000 Pupils From Niger Schools: UN
Some 150 schools with more than 12,000 pupils have been forced to close due to the deadly attacks in Niger's southeast Diffa region, the United Nations said Friday.
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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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Suspected Boko Haram Suicide Attack Kills At Least 4 in Niger
Suspected Islamist militants from Nigeria's Boko Haram group killed three civilians and a soldier in a double suicide attack across the border in Niger on Sunday, 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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Nigerian Refugees in Atrocious Situation in Niger: United Nations
Thousands of Nigerian refugees who fled to southeast Niger to escape the Islamist group Boko Haram are in an "atrocious" situation, the United Nations says.
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Boko Haram Attacks Prison in Niger, 4 Killed
Suspected Boko Haram militants launched an attack on the prison in the southern Niger town of Diffa late on Saturday, military sources said, in an apparent bid to free fellow members of the Nigerian Islamist group held there.
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Thousands Flee Niger Town After Boko Haram Attacks
Thousands of civilians fled their homes in the southeastern Niger town of Diffa this week, officials said on Thursday, following waves of cross-border raids and suicide bombings by Nigerian militant group Boko Haram.
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Suicide Bombers Strike Niger Town; Chadians Kill 13 Boko Haram Militants
Two female suicide bombers attacked the Niger frontier town of Diffa on Wednesday, security sources said, shortly after Chad's army said it had killed 13 fighters from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in the Nigerian town of Gambaru.
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Nigeria's Boko Haram Opens New Front in Niger
Boko Haram fighters waged twin attacks Sunday in Niger, their latest front in an expanding regional insurgency, claiming at least one life, reportedly that of a child.
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109 Boko Haram Fighters Killed After Attack in Niger
Niger claimed that its troops killed 109 Boko Haram fighters when the Islamists carried out their first major attack in the country on Friday, while four soldiers and a civilian were also left dead.
