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Tag: Borno
Nigeria enacts curfew after multiple suicide bombings killed or injured dozens
The Nigerian military imposed a curfew in Borno state after suspected female suicide bombers targeted a wedding, a funeral and a hospital in the restive ... Read More
Nigeria kidnappings: more students snatched as army hunts for missing
Gunmen kidnapped 15 more students from an Islamic school in northwestern Nigeria, which comes following the abduction of more than 280 children by gunmen in ... Read More
Nigeria: experts warn govt not to ignore ex-Boko Haram fighters’ threats to re-join insurgency
Former Boko Haram fighters in Nigeria are threatening they may pick up arms again and join the insurgency out of frustration that they have been ... Read More
Cameroon, Nigeria to reopen border markets and schools in Boko Haram-free areas
Markets will be re-opened and schools re-built along the shared border between Cameroon and Nigeria after the area was declared free of Boko Haram militants ... Read More
Nigeria: villages destroyed by the army – AI
Amnesty International called on Friday for an investigation into military operations in northeastern Nigeria, where at least three villages have been razed to the ground ... Read More
Nigeria: at least 60 killed in less than a week
An attack Monday on the village of Bakali, in the Giwa region, by several armed attackers killed at least 25 civilians and injured many others. ... Read More
Nigeria: at least 30 civilians killed, many kidnapped by jihadists
At least 30 people were killed and many women and children were abducted Sunday evening by the Islamic State Group in West Africa (ISWAP), near ... Read More