Nigeria

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Nigeria police find bodies of 41 people suspected killed by vigilantes

Nigeria police found the bodies of 41 men with their throats cut in Zamfara state in an area notorious as a hideout for criminal gangs

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Weekend attacks in central Nigeria kill more than 200, governor says

More than 200 people were killed in violence against farming communities in central Nigeria's Plateau state, according to the governor

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General Dynamics awarded $149 million contract for Hydra rockets for foreign military sales

The U.S. Army awarded General Dynamics a $149 million contract for Hydra 70 rockets and components for sales to Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Kenya, Jordan, Nigeria and Qatar

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