Nigeria
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May- 2019 -12 MayAfrica
Islamic State claims attack on Nigeria military base in Gajigana
ISIS claimed fighters from its West Africa Province affiliate killed 11 soldiers in an attack on a military base in Gajigana in Borno state
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10 MayAfrica
Nigeria’s Civilian JTF militia releases 900 child recruits
Nearly 900 children held by the Civilian JTF militia fighting Boko Haram insurgents in northeastern Nigeria were freed, UNICEF said
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4 MayAfrica
Nigeria: Islamic State fighters overrun Magumeri military base
Boko Haram militants seized a military base in Magumeri in northeast Nigeria for several hours before being 'dislodged' by reinforcements
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1 MayAfrica
Boko Haram kills 14 men near Monguno in Nigeria’s Borno state
Boko Haram militants killed 14 men who were collecting firewood near Monguno in the Lake Chad area of Nigeria's Borno state, residents and a militia said
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Apr- 2019 -30 AprilAfrica
Nigeria: 21 killed Boko Haram attack in Kuda, Adamawa state
Boko Haram fighters killed 21 people when they stormed and burned Kuda village in northeastern Nigeria's Adamawa state
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27 AprilAfrica
Islamic State fighters storm Nigeria military base near Biu
Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province faction of Boko Haram attacked an army outpost at Mararrabar Kimba in Nigeria's Borno state, military sources said
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25 AprilBusiness
Nigeria A-29 Super Tucanos to be based at Kainji in Niger state
Nigerian Air Force A-29 Super Tucanos look set to be based at Kainji, and the service says it expects the aircraft to be inducted in 2020
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18 AprilAfrica
Nigeria: 52 Boko Haram fighters killed in attack on MNJTF in Cross Kauwa, Chad army says
Two Chadian soldiers and 52 Boko Haram fighters were killed in an attack on the Multinational Joint Task Force in Cross Kauwa in northeastern Nigeria
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15 AprilAfrica
Nigeria-Chad operation ‘kills 27 terrorists’ near Wulgo as ISIS claims multiple attacks
A joint Nigeria-Chad military operation against "Boko Haram terrorists" in the Wulgo area of Borno state as ISIS claimed multiple attacks in the Lake Chad area
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14 AprilCommentary
Boko Haram and the Chibok Abductions: #FiveYearsTooLong
Five years after Boko Haram fighters kidnapped 276 women from Chibok, Dr Elizabeth Pearson looks at how women are exploited in the conflict in northeast Nigeria
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