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May- 2019 -23 MayAfrica
Nigeria: Islamic State claims Gubio military base attack, releases ISWAP propaganda video
ISIS claimed ISWAP militants stormed a Nigerian military base in Gubio, Borno state, and released a video of attacks and the execution of nine people
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14 MayAfrica
Roadside bomb blast kills 3 Nigeria soldiers near Damboa
At least three Nigerian soldiers, including a lieutenant colonel, were killed when their truck was struck by an IED planted by Boko Haram militants
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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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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 -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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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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9 AprilAfrica
2,000 flee Jakana as Nigeria army prepares offensive against Islamic State
Around 2,000 people have been forced to flee Jakana to an IDP camp near Maiduguri ahead of a Nigeria military offensive against Boko Haram
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