Boko Haram
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Aug- 2018 -30 AugustAfrica
UK signs security and defense agreement with Nigeria, boosts support for AMISOM
UK Prime Minister Theresa May signed a defense and security agreement with Nigeria and announced additional support for the African Union's Mission in Somalia
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9 AugustAfrica
Boko Haram militants kill 17 Nigerian soldiers in attack on Borno state base
At least 17 Nigerian soldiers were killed in a fresh Boko Haram attack on a military base in the country's northeast, the third assault on military bases in less than a month
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7 AugustAfrica
Seven killed, village burned in suspected Boko Haram attack near Maiduguri
Suspected Boko Haram militants in a dawn raid killed seven people and burned Munduri, a village 13 km north of Borno state capital Maiduguri
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4 AugustAfrica
Nigeria Air Force strikes Boko Haram ‘hideout’ as attack on village kills five people
The Nigerian Air Force struck a Boko Haram "hideout" in the northern Borno state, while at least five people were killed and a village razed in an attack blamed on the group
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Jul- 2018 -27 JulyAfrica
Boko Haram attacks Nigeria military base near Maiduguri
Boko Haram fighters aboard dozens of vehicles raided a base near a key city in northeast Nigeria, in their latest assault on the security forces, police and local militia said
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23 JulyAfrica
Suicide bomber targets mosque in northeast Nigeria, killing eight
Eight people were killed at a mosque in northeast Nigeria when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives, a civilian militia member and a local resident said
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20 JulyAfrica
Cameroon arrests soldiers accused of executing women and children
Four Cameroonian soldiers suspected of shooting dead four women and children have been arrested, according to reports
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19 JulyAfrica
Boko Haram ambushes Nigerian military convoy, killing six traders
Boko Haram fighters killed six traders when they ambushed a convoy of lorries under military escort in northeast Nigeria
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9 JulyAfrica
Nigerian Army releases 183 children cleared of Boko Haram ties
Nigeria's armed forces released 183 children from administrative custody after clearing them of ties to Boko Haram insurgents
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Jun- 2018 -21 JuneAfrica
Female suicide bombers target army base in northeast Nigeria
Fifteen people were injured when two female suicide bombers targeted the edge of a military barracks in northeast Nigeria, a police spokesperson said
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