Boko Haram

Nigeria: Three killed in twin suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri

Three people were killed and more than 30 were injured in a twin suicide bomb attack in Muna Dalti on the outskirts of Maiduguri in Nigeria's Borno state

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Nigerian Air Force targets Islamic State base at Magari near Lake Chad

Airstrikes "significantly degraded" an Islamic State West Africa province base at Magari in the Lake Chad area of Borno state

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Nigeria: Troops kill 16 ‘Boko Haram terrorists’ in Lake Chad area, MNJTF says

Troops from the regional Multinational Joint Task Force 'neutralised' 16 'Boko Haram terrorists' in the Lake Chad area of Nigeria's Borno state

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Nigeria: 2 killed in Boko Haram attack on Miringa military base

Boko Haram militants raided a military base in Miringa in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, killing a police officer and a local resident

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Niger: Boko Haram suicide bomb and gun attack in Diffa region kills at least 10

At least 10 people were killed along with at least two suicide bombers in a coordinated Boko Haram attack in N'Guigmi in the Diffa region of eastern Niger

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Chad: Boko Haram kills 23 soldiers in Dangdala attack

Twenty-three soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram attack in Dangdala, the deadliest Boko Haram attack on the military in Chad

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Nigeria: Boko Haram blamed as roadside bomb kills 8 near Gwoza

Eight people were killed in Warabe near Gwoza in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, near the border with Cameroon when a vehicle hit a roadside mine

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Islamic State enforced leadership change in West Africa province, audio reveals

ISIS has appointed Umar al-Barnawi as the new leader of Nigeria-based Islamic State West Africa province, two audio recordings have revealed

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Niger says army killed 33 Boko Haram fighters in Lake Chad region

Niger said it had killed 33 Boko Haram "terrorists" and seized vehicles and weapons in an operation in the Lake Chad region in the country's southeast

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Seven Niger soldiers, dozens of militants killed in Boko Haram attack in Diffa region

Seven soldiers and 38 militants died in an assault by the Boko Haram jihadist group in Gueskerou in the Diffa region of southeastern Niger

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