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  18 Killed, 42 Injured In Series Of Suicide Attacks In Nigeria

  At least 18 people were killed and 19 seriously wounded in a string of suicide attacks in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, emergency services said.

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  Explained: Nigeria's Spiralling Kidnapping Crisis

  Ten years after the Chibok schoolgirls' kidnapping, Nigeria is facing a resurgence of mass abductions.

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  "I Saw Corpses Of My Friends": Farmers Beheaded In Violence-Hit Nigeria

  Islamist militants have beheaded at least 10 farmers in Nigeria's northern state of Borno after attacking their farms, residents said on Monday.

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  Nigeria Has 18.5 Million Children Out Of School, 60% Girls: UNICEF

  More than 18.5 million children in Nigeria have no access to education, with girls accounting for more than half the number, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said.

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  Court Orders FIR Against Congress Leader Over "ISIS-Hindutva" Comparison In Book

  A court ordered on Wednesday to register an FIR against senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid for comparing the "Sanatan" Hindu religion with the Boko Haram and ISIS terror outfits in his book titled "Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in our times".

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  Nigeria's Boko Haram Leader Dead, Islamic State West African Province Says

  Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau killed himself in a fight against rival jihadist fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) according to audio AFP obtained from the group Sunday, two weeks after reports emerged that he had died.

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  Nigeria's Boko Haram Leader Abubakar Shekau "Badly Wounded": Report

  Nigerian Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has been seriously wounded after trying to kill himself to avoid capture during clashes with rival ISIS-allied jihadists in the north of the country, two intelligence sources said Thursday.

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  344 Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolboys Released: Official

  Over 300 Nigerian schoolboys were released on Thursday after being kidnapped in an attack claimed by Boko Haram, officials said, although it was unclear if any more remained with their captors.

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  Boko Haram Releases Video Claiming To Show Kidnapped Nigerian Students

  The Boko Haram jihadist group released a video on Thursday claiming to show schoolboys who had been kidnapped in northwest Nigeria.

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  110 Civilians "Ruthlessly Killed", Several Wounded In Nigeria Attack: UN

  A weekend attack on a village in northeast Nigeria blamed on the Boko Haram jihadist group left at least 110 dead, the UN humanitarian coordinator in the country said Sunday.

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  44 Suspected Boko Haram Members Found Dead In Chad Prison: Prosecutor

  A group of 44 suspected members of Boko Haram, arrested during a recent operation against the jihadist group, have been found dead in their prison cell, apparently poisoned, Chad's chief prosecutor announced Saturday.

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  "1,000 Terrorists Killed In Offensive Against Boko Haram," Says Chad Army

  The Chadian army said today it had wound up an offensive against Boko Haram jihadists in the Lake Chad border region in which 52 troops and 1,000 jihadists were killed.

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  How To Beat Boko Haram? Treat Women Better, Analysts Say

  Tens of thousands of women have been freed from Nigeria's brutal Boko Haram fighters, but providing a safe future for them is critical to winning the war, analysts warned Tuesday.

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  Trump's Counter-Terror Strategy Lists Lashkar-e-Taiba As A Threat To US

  The new National Strategy for Counter-terrorism released by the White House in Washington has identified two Pakistan-based terrorist groups - Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) - along with Boko Haram as a potential threat to the United States.

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  Nine Killed, As Many Injured In Boko Haram Raids In Nigeria: Reports

  Nine people were killed and nine others injured when Boko Haram fighters raided two villages in northeast Nigeria, the civilian militia said on Thursday