Boko Haram

At least 65 people have lost their lives after suspected Boko Haram militants opened fire on a funeral in Nigeria's north-eastern state of Borno.
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An international charity says six of its aid workers who were kidnapped in Nigeria last week have appeared in a video.
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Children were used as suicide bombers in a triple attack in Nigeria on Monday, Unicef has said.
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At least 30 people have been killed in a triple suicide bombing outside a video hall in north-eastern Nigeria, emergency service officials say.
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Displaced people in north-east Nigeria have told the BBC they were transported through a dangerous conflict zone ahead of the country's elections in an operation agreed by the main political parties.
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Nigerian soldiers have raided the main office of the private Daily Trust newspaper and confiscated computers.
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The FC Platinum delegation comprising players, technical members and the media were on Monday morning scared to the death teeth when security manning Owando Aerodrome in Congo Brazzaville told them of the possibility of a Boko Haram attack.
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Nigeria's military has revoked its earlier decision to suspend activities of the UN children's agency Unicef in the north-east of the country.
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A South African mercenary who fought Boko Haram jihadists in Nigeria spoke out on Sunday against President Muhammadu Buhari’s handling of the Islamist insurgency, blaming “poor political decisions” for an upsurge in violence.
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A deadly attack by Islamist insurgents that destroyed a Nigerian military base in the country’s northeast last week is a national tragedy, President Muhammadu Buhari said.
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