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Days After Boko Haram School Attack, Nigerian Government Confirms 110 Girls Missing
The Nigerian government on Sunday confirmed that 110 girls were missing after a Boko Haram school attack in the northeast, following days of silence on the children's fate.
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More Than 100 Girls 'Missing' After Boko Haram School Attack
More than 100 girls were missing on Wednesday, police said, two days after a Boko Haram attack on their school in northeast Nigeria that has raised fears of a repeat of the 2014 Chibok kidnapping that shocked the world.
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Nigerian Troops Repel Boko Haram Attack: Spokesman
Nigerian troops have thwarted a Boko Haram attack in the country's volatile northeast, killing 16 insurgents while 12 soldiers were wounded, an army spokesman said Monday.
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Female Suicide Bombers Kill 22 At Nigerian Mosque: Rescuers
Two female suicide bombers killed at least 22 worshippers in an attack during dawn prayers Wednesday on a mosque on the outskirts of the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, officials said from the birthplace of Boko Haram.
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10 Dead In 3 Suicide Attacks In Chibok, Northeast Nigeria: Sources
At least 10 people were killed when three suicide bombers blew themselves up in the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok, where Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls, a town elder told AFP on Wednesday.
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Boko Haram Attacks Northeast Nigerian City, Many Killed
Boko Haram Islamic extremists struck the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri for the first time in months Monday with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple suicide bombers, witnesses said. At least 15 people were killed but the toll was feared many times higher.
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Boko Haram Hand Suspected After 11 Killed in North East Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram fighters killed 11 people during attacks on three villages in the northeast Nigerian state of Adamawa, a lawmaker and local official said today.
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Suicide Bomber Dies in Botched Attack in Nigeria
A suspected Boko Haram bomber was killed and a security guard was wounded Saturday in a botched suicide attack on a crowded market in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, vigilantes told AFP.
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At Least 47 Dead in Market Bomb Blast in Northeast Nigeria
At least 47 people were killed and dozens wounded in a bomb blast Tuesday in a part of northeast Nigeria frequently targeted by Boko Haram Islamists, a medical source and witnesses said.
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Suicide Attack at Nigeria Market, High Casualties Feared
Heavy casualties were feared on Today after a suicide attack at a busy cattle market in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, civilian vigilantes battling Boko Haram told AFP.
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Explosion Near Bus Station in Gombe, NE Nigeria, Kills 5: Witnesses
An explosion near a bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe killed at least five and injured 15 others, witnesses told AFP on Thursday, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram.
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Death Toll Rises to 13 in Northeast Nigeria Attack Says Police
Thirteen people have now died as a result of a female suicide bomb attack at a bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu, police said today.
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Nigerian Military Warned Before Major Boko Haram Attacks: Amnesty
Amnesty International on Wednesday claimed that Nigeria's military top brass were warned of brutal Boko Haram attacks on the northeast towns of Baga and Monguno this month but failed to take action.
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'Hundreds' of Women, Children Held After Boko Haram Assault: Survivors
Boko Haram fighters detained hundreds of women and children at a school in the northeast Nigerian town of Baga after a massive attack earlier this month, one woman who was freed told AFP.
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Suicide Bomber Dies in Failed Northeast Nigerian Attack: Witnesses
A suicide bomber was killed on Tuesday when his explosives vest detonated as he rode towards a security checkpoint in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe, witnesses told AFP.
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Days After Boko Haram School Attack, Nigerian Government Confirms 110 Girls Missing
The Nigerian government on Sunday confirmed that 110 girls were missing after a Boko Haram school attack in the northeast, following days of silence on the children's fate.
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More Than 100 Girls 'Missing' After Boko Haram School Attack
More than 100 girls were missing on Wednesday, police said, two days after a Boko Haram attack on their school in northeast Nigeria that has raised fears of a repeat of the 2014 Chibok kidnapping that shocked the world.
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Nigerian Troops Repel Boko Haram Attack: Spokesman
Nigerian troops have thwarted a Boko Haram attack in the country's volatile northeast, killing 16 insurgents while 12 soldiers were wounded, an army spokesman said Monday.
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Female Suicide Bombers Kill 22 At Nigerian Mosque: Rescuers
Two female suicide bombers killed at least 22 worshippers in an attack during dawn prayers Wednesday on a mosque on the outskirts of the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, officials said from the birthplace of Boko Haram.
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10 Dead In 3 Suicide Attacks In Chibok, Northeast Nigeria: Sources
At least 10 people were killed when three suicide bombers blew themselves up in the northeast Nigerian town of Chibok, where Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls, a town elder told AFP on Wednesday.
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Boko Haram Attacks Northeast Nigerian City, Many Killed
Boko Haram Islamic extremists struck the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri for the first time in months Monday with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple suicide bombers, witnesses said. At least 15 people were killed but the toll was feared many times higher.
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Boko Haram Hand Suspected After 11 Killed in North East Nigeria
Suspected Boko Haram fighters killed 11 people during attacks on three villages in the northeast Nigerian state of Adamawa, a lawmaker and local official said today.
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Suicide Bomber Dies in Botched Attack in Nigeria
A suspected Boko Haram bomber was killed and a security guard was wounded Saturday in a botched suicide attack on a crowded market in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, vigilantes told AFP.
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At Least 47 Dead in Market Bomb Blast in Northeast Nigeria
At least 47 people were killed and dozens wounded in a bomb blast Tuesday in a part of northeast Nigeria frequently targeted by Boko Haram Islamists, a medical source and witnesses said.
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Suicide Attack at Nigeria Market, High Casualties Feared
Heavy casualties were feared on Today after a suicide attack at a busy cattle market in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, civilian vigilantes battling Boko Haram told AFP.
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Explosion Near Bus Station in Gombe, NE Nigeria, Kills 5: Witnesses
An explosion near a bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe killed at least five and injured 15 others, witnesses told AFP on Thursday, in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram.
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Death Toll Rises to 13 in Northeast Nigeria Attack Says Police
Thirteen people have now died as a result of a female suicide bomb attack at a bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu, police said today.
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Nigerian Military Warned Before Major Boko Haram Attacks: Amnesty
Amnesty International on Wednesday claimed that Nigeria's military top brass were warned of brutal Boko Haram attacks on the northeast towns of Baga and Monguno this month but failed to take action.
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'Hundreds' of Women, Children Held After Boko Haram Assault: Survivors
Boko Haram fighters detained hundreds of women and children at a school in the northeast Nigerian town of Baga after a massive attack earlier this month, one woman who was freed told AFP.
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Suicide Bomber Dies in Failed Northeast Nigerian Attack: Witnesses
A suicide bomber was killed on Tuesday when his explosives vest detonated as he rode towards a security checkpoint in the northeast Nigerian city of Gombe, witnesses told AFP.
