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Nigeria: Boko Haram kill 2 in Yobe state raid, injure 5 in suicide attack in Maiduguri

Boko Haram militants killed two soldiers in a gun attack in Buni Gari in Nigeria's Yobe state, and injured five militia members in a suicide bomb attack in Borno state capital Maiduguri

1 December

Fergus Kelly

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ISIS claims 8 Nigeria soldiers killed in attack near Gamboru in the Lake Chad area

Islamic State claimed eight Nigerian Army soldiers were killed and 17 wounded in an attack near Gamboru in the Lake Chad area, close to the border with Cameroon

1 December

Staff Writer With AFP

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Five killed in bomb and gun attack near Boungou in eastern Burkina Faso

Five people, four of them police, were killed when their convoy was hit by a complex roadside bomb and gun attack near Boungou in eastern Burkina Faso

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30 November

Staff Writer With AFP

Nigeria police kill more than 100 ‘bandits’ in Zamfara crackdown

Nigerian police claimed over 100 "bandits" were killed in a crackdown targeting crime in the state of Zamfara, following a surge in kidnappings and cattle rustling

30 November

Staff Writer With AFP

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Boko Haram attacks Nigeria military base in Arege near Lake Chad

Boko Haram militants attacked a military base in Arege village near Lake Chad in northeast Nigeria, killing at least one soldier

30 November

Three former child soldiers at Elevage camp in Bambari, Central African Republic

Miranda Saunders

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Freed Central African child soldiers could end up returning to the battlefield

Central African Republic children freed from armed groups are not receiving critical reintegration support and are at high risk for re-recruitment, UNICEF said

30 November