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Bomb blast hits market in Nigeria’s Borno State, 16 dead
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Bomb blast hits market in Nigeria’s Borno State, 16 dead

A bomb blast hit a cattle market in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno late on Saturday, with as many as…
Nigeria military repels Boko Haram attack in northeast
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Nigeria military repels Boko Haram attack in northeast

Nigeria's military on Saturday repelled a Boko Haram attack on the key northeast city of Maiduguri that saw rocket-propelled grenades…
Local official: Boko Haram hacks 10 to death in NE Nigeria
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Local official: Boko Haram hacks 10 to death in NE Nigeria

Boko Haram fighters hacked to death 10 people in a remote village in northeast Nigeria, a local government official told…
Africa: ‘the next China’ for contemporary art
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Africa: ‘the next China’ for contemporary art

Giles Peppiatt, from Bonhams in London, had good reason to make the trip to Nigeria's financial capital, Lagos, for the…
Freed Nigerian women tell of horror of Boko Haram captivity
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Freed Nigerian women tell of horror of Boko Haram captivity

Boko Haram fighters killed older boys and men in front of their families before taking women and children into the…
Hundreds of rescued Nigerian women and children arrive at refugee camp
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Hundreds of rescued Nigerian women and children arrive at refugee camp

Hundreds of traumatized Nigerian women and children rescued from Boko Haram Islamists have been released into the care of authorities…
Cameroon attack: Boko Haram kills 19, ‘many beheaded’
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Cameroon attack: Boko Haram kills 19, ‘many beheaded’

Nineteen people were killed in Thursday night’s attack on a Cameroonian village by Nigeria-based Boko Haram militants, a security source…
Report: Nigeria’s Boko Haram abducted 2,000 women and girls
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Report: Nigeria’s Boko Haram abducted 2,000 women and girls

Boko Haram Islamic militants have kidnapped at least 2,000 girls and women since the start of last year, turning them…
Nigeria election results due to start trickling in
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Nigeria election results due to start trickling in

Results from Nigeria's elections, potentially the closest contest since the end of military rule in 1999, were due to start…
Boko Haram gunmen kill 6 voters in northeast Nigeria
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Boko Haram gunmen kill 6 voters in northeast Nigeria

Islamist Boko Haram insurgents launched two deadly attacks on voters in northeast Nigeria on Saturday, police and a security source…
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