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Curfew in southeastern Nigeria after clashes
Sep 13, 2017 11:49A three-day dusk-to-dawn curfew has been imposed in southeast Nigeria due to mounting tensions between pro-Biafra supporters and the military.
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7 killed in Boko Haram attack on displaced camp
Sep 09, 2017 09:56At least seven people were killed when Boko Haram militants attacked a camp for people displaced by the conflict in northeast Nigeria, militia members and locals said Saturday.
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Cholera spreading among Nigeria’s IDPs
Sep 07, 2017 00:24Cholera is spreading fast through camps housing people displaced by Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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Boko Haram terrorists kill 18 people in northeast Nigeria
Sep 02, 2017 03:41Suspected Takfiri Boko Haram militants have killed at least 18 people in northeastern Nigeria near the border with Cameroon in the latest surge of lethal assaults by the terror outfit in the restive region, local sources say.
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About 27 killed in Boko Haram attacks on Nigerian villages
Aug 26, 2017 12:31Boko Haram extremists killed at least 27 people by shooting them and slitting their throats as they attacked several villages in northern Nigeria's Borno state in the past week, residents said.
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Use of children as ‘human bombs’ in Nigeria on the rise
Aug 23, 2017 08:10The United Nations (UN) has expressed “extreme” concern about the “appalling” rise in the use of children as “human bombs” by Nigeria’s Daesh-linked Boko Haram terrorist group.
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Boko Haram pushing refugees from one hell into another: NRC
Aug 18, 2017 11:46Boko Haram terrorists have stepped up attacks on vulnerable people including those living in camps in northeastern Nigeria pushing the displaced from "one hell into another," a leading international aid agency says.
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Thousand refugees saved in Niger desert: UN
Aug 09, 2017 16:58Rescue teams have saved a thousand African refugees abandoned by people smugglers in the Niger part of the Sahara desert in recent months, the UN's International Office of Migration (IOM) said Wednesday.
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At least 12 people killed in shooting attack on Nigerian Catholic church
Aug 06, 2017 12:23At least 12 people have been killed after a group of unidentified gunmen stormed a church in southeast Nigeria and went on a shooting spree.
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Boko Haram attack on oil exploration team in Nigeria kills over 50: Sources
Jul 28, 2017 03:21An ambush attack by Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria against an oil exploration team has killed more than 50 people, according to sources, who said the death toll could rise further.