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Nearly 50 More Chibok Girls Released From Boko Haram: Nigeria
Up to 50 Chibok schoolgirls were released by Islamist Boko Haram militants on Saturday after more than three years in captivity, a Nigerian government spokesman said, the largest group yet to be freed after years of tense negotiations.
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1 Abducted Chibok Schoolgirl Found By Soldiers: Nigerian Army
One of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist terrorists group Boko Haram from their school in northeast Nigeria's Chibok in 2014 has been found by soldiers, a Nigerian army spokesman said on Saturday.
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Top Boko Haram Terrorists Killed In Air Strikes: Nigerian Air Force
Nigeria's air force said it had killed some senior Boko Haram militants and believed it had fatally wounded the group's leader in a raid on the Islamists' northeast heartland.
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Suspected Boko Haram Militants Kill 10 in Cameroon Suicide Bombing
A suicide attack by suspected members of Nigerian Islamist militants group Boko Haram killed at least 10 people over the border in the Far North region of Cameroon on Saturday, security sources said.
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Nigerian Troops Rescue 338 People Held by Boko Haram: Army
Nigerian troops have rescued 338 people, mainly women and children, held by Boko Haram Islamists around the group's Sambisa forest stronghold in the restive northeast, the army said today.
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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 Kill 400 in Cameroon Since Last Year: Amnesty
Nigerian Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram has killed some 400 civilians since last year in northern Cameroon, with dozens more dying in a "heavy-handed" response by security forces, Amnesty International said in a report published Wednesday.
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Chad Executes 10 Boko Haram Members by Firing Squad: Sources
Chad has executed 10 members of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram by firing squad, a day after they were sentenced on terrorism charges, security sources said on Saturday.
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Barack Obama Endorses Nigerian Leader's Agenda for Defeating Boko Haram
US President Barack Obama on Monday offered strong support for Nigeria's new president, Muhammadu Buhari, saying he had a "clear agenda" for defeating the militant Islamist group Boko Haram and was working to root out corruption.
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Nigeria's President Sacks All 4 Defence Chiefs
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari sacked his army, navy, air force and defence chiefs on Monday, a widely anticipated move as the former general has made crushing Islamist militant group Boko Haram his top priority.
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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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Toll From Boko Haram Attack in Nigeria Village Rises to 118: Lawmaker
The death toll from a Boko Haram attack in the northeastern Nigerian village of Kukawa - one of many staged by the Islamist group in the past week - has risen to 118, a lawmaker said Sunday.
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Nigerian Military Says to Investigate Amnesty Killing Allegations
Nigeria's military said today it was investigating allegations by Amnesty International that more than 8,000 people had died in detention during a crackdown on Islamist militant group Boko Haram, weeks after dismissing the report.
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At Least 27 Killed Due to Suspected Boko Haram Suicide Bombers Chad Capital
Suspected Islamist suicide bombers killed at least 27 people in the Chadian capital N'Djamena on Monday in what appeared to be retaliation by Nigerian militant group Boko Haram for Chad's leading role in a regional offensive against it.
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Amnesty International Says Nigerian Military Responsible for Deaths of 8,000 Prisoners
More than 8,000 people have died while being detained by Nigeria's armed forces during the campaign against militant Islamist group Boko Haram, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, allegations the military denied.
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Nearly 50 More Chibok Girls Released From Boko Haram: Nigeria
Up to 50 Chibok schoolgirls were released by Islamist Boko Haram militants on Saturday after more than three years in captivity, a Nigerian government spokesman said, the largest group yet to be freed after years of tense negotiations.
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1 Abducted Chibok Schoolgirl Found By Soldiers: Nigerian Army
One of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist terrorists group Boko Haram from their school in northeast Nigeria's Chibok in 2014 has been found by soldiers, a Nigerian army spokesman said on Saturday.
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Top Boko Haram Terrorists Killed In Air Strikes: Nigerian Air Force
Nigeria's air force said it had killed some senior Boko Haram militants and believed it had fatally wounded the group's leader in a raid on the Islamists' northeast heartland.
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Suspected Boko Haram Militants Kill 10 in Cameroon Suicide Bombing
A suicide attack by suspected members of Nigerian Islamist militants group Boko Haram killed at least 10 people over the border in the Far North region of Cameroon on Saturday, security sources said.
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Nigerian Troops Rescue 338 People Held by Boko Haram: Army
Nigerian troops have rescued 338 people, mainly women and children, held by Boko Haram Islamists around the group's Sambisa forest stronghold in the restive northeast, the army said today.
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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 Kill 400 in Cameroon Since Last Year: Amnesty
Nigerian Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram has killed some 400 civilians since last year in northern Cameroon, with dozens more dying in a "heavy-handed" response by security forces, Amnesty International said in a report published Wednesday.
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Chad Executes 10 Boko Haram Members by Firing Squad: Sources
Chad has executed 10 members of Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram by firing squad, a day after they were sentenced on terrorism charges, security sources said on Saturday.
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Barack Obama Endorses Nigerian Leader's Agenda for Defeating Boko Haram
US President Barack Obama on Monday offered strong support for Nigeria's new president, Muhammadu Buhari, saying he had a "clear agenda" for defeating the militant Islamist group Boko Haram and was working to root out corruption.
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Nigeria's President Sacks All 4 Defence Chiefs
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari sacked his army, navy, air force and defence chiefs on Monday, a widely anticipated move as the former general has made crushing Islamist militant group Boko Haram his top priority.
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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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Toll From Boko Haram Attack in Nigeria Village Rises to 118: Lawmaker
The death toll from a Boko Haram attack in the northeastern Nigerian village of Kukawa - one of many staged by the Islamist group in the past week - has risen to 118, a lawmaker said Sunday.
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Nigerian Military Says to Investigate Amnesty Killing Allegations
Nigeria's military said today it was investigating allegations by Amnesty International that more than 8,000 people had died in detention during a crackdown on Islamist militant group Boko Haram, weeks after dismissing the report.
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At Least 27 Killed Due to Suspected Boko Haram Suicide Bombers Chad Capital
Suspected Islamist suicide bombers killed at least 27 people in the Chadian capital N'Djamena on Monday in what appeared to be retaliation by Nigerian militant group Boko Haram for Chad's leading role in a regional offensive against it.
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Amnesty International Says Nigerian Military Responsible for Deaths of 8,000 Prisoners
More than 8,000 people have died while being detained by Nigeria's armed forces during the campaign against militant Islamist group Boko Haram, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, allegations the military denied.
