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75 Boko Haram Takfiri terrorists killed in cross-border security operations
May 13, 2020 11:33The Nigerien Defense Ministry says army troops from the landlocked West African country and allied forces from neighboring states have killed 75 members of the Takfiri Boko Haram terrorist group during security operations earlier this week in the region, where the borders of Niger, Nigeria and Chad converge.
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Armed bandits kill 47 in northwest Nigeria's Katsina State: Police
Apr 20, 2020 03:15Gunmen killed 47 people in attacks on villages in the northwestern Nigerian State of Katsina in the early hours of Saturday, local police said.
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Nigeria urged to release religious leader amid virus outbreak
Apr 11, 2020 02:32The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has urged the country’s authorities to release its already severely ailing leader Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky given the risks he faces from continued imprisonment amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
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The forgotten Sheikh Zakzaky
Apr 04, 2020 15:37It is now over four years and three months that the Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) continues to languish in prison in deteriorating health, along with his wife and several followers at an undisclosed location in his homeland, as a prisoner of conscience in a country whose regime despite its claim to be democratic and ruled by a self-acclaimed Muslim ruler, denies civil liberties to millions of followers of the school of the Ahl al-Bayt of the Prophet of Islam.
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Boko Haram militants kill at least 92 Chadian soldiers
Mar 25, 2020 04:08Takfiri Boko Haram militants from Nigeria have killed at least 92 Chadian soldiers in an attack on an army base on the border with Chad.
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Teenage boy martyred as Nigerian forces open fire on Sheikh Zakzaky supporters
Feb 28, 2020 06:21A teenage boy has been martyred after Nigerian police used live ammunition to disperse protesters demanding the release of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky in the country’s northwestern state of Kaduna.
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Nigerian Muslim leader Zakzaky, wife in critical health condition: Lawyer
Feb 06, 2020 16:04Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky and his wife are in critical health condition, their lawyer has said after their trial was postponed due to their deteriorating health.
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Indignation in Africa as Trump expands US travel ban
Feb 02, 2020 08:47There is growing indignation in several African countries that have been the target of Washington's latest travel ban, with activists and rights groups complaining that the administration of President Donald Trump is pursuing a xenophobic and racist political agenda.
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President Rouhani urges Iran’s envoys to cement ties with other nations
Jan 22, 2020 03:31President Hassan Rouhani, in a meeting with the Islamic Republic’s new ambassadors to 13 foreign countries, reiterated Tehran’s policy to boost cooperation with other nations and called on the diplomats to cement bilateral ties with them in their tenures.
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Militant attack in Nigerian town kills 20 soldiers, displaces 1,000 residents
Jan 09, 2020 08:20About 20 soldiers were killed and nearly 1,000 people made homeless in a militant attack on a town in northeastern Nigeria, two residents and a military source said on Wednesday.