Islamic State West Africa Province
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Aug- 2019 -19 August
Nigeria soldiers ambushed in Mogula near Cameroon border
Four Nigerian troops were killed in an ambush in Borno state carried out by fighters suspected to be from Islamic State West Africa Province
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15 August
‘Boko Haram’ attacks Nigeria military base in Molai, near Maiduguri
Three Nigerian soldiers were killed during a gun battle with insurgents in a village on the outskirts of Borno state capital Maiduguri
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14 August
ISIS publishes images of ISWAP attack on Nigeria military base in Borno
Islamic State published a series of images that it said were from an ISWAP attack on a military base in Nigeria's northeast Borno state
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14 August
Female suicide bomber kills Chad soldier and five others in Kaiga-Kindjiria
A female suicide bomber killed six people after blowing herself up in Chad in an attack attributed to a faction of Boko Haram
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1 August
US signals shift to Africa in counter-ISIS Coalition campaign
The United States will seek additional international cooperation to fight Islamic State on a global scale, with a particular focus on Africa
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1 August
ISWAP killed ‘dozens’ of Nigeria and Chad troops near Baga in July 29 clashes
Clashes between the MNJTF and ISWAP fighters near Baga in northeast Nigeria on Monday left 25 soldiers and at least 40 jihadists dead
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Jul- 2019 -31 July
Islamic State claims 25 Nigeria soldiers killed in Benisheikh assault
ISIS said ISWAP fighters killed 25 soldiers in an assault on a military base in Benisheikh in northeast Nigeria's Borno state
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31 July
Boko Haram is ‘defeated,’ Nigeria insists, blaming international jihadists for ongoing insurgency
Nigeria's presidency claimed Boko Haram's 10-year-old insurgency had been "defeated" but admitted that international jihadist groups posed a growing threat
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29 July
Nigeria: Soldier, 10 Islamic State insurgents killed in Baga, MNJTF says
One soldier was killed in an ISWAP attack in Baga in the Lake Chad area of Nigeria's Borno state that also saw 10 insurgents killed
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18 July
Nigeria: Islamic State fighters attack Jakana military base after deadly ambush
Islamic State militants attacked a military base in Jakana town in Nigeria's Borno state after killing six soldiers in an ambush on their vehicle nearby
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