Nigeria

Five Jihadists, Two Soldiers Killed in Cameroon Clash

Two soldiers were killed early on Tuesday when jihadists attacked a military position in northern Cameroon after crossing from Nigeria, sources said, while seven other soldiers were injured in a mine blast in the same village. The device exploded whe

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Jihadists Attack Nigeria Town Where Girls Abducted

Jihadists have carried out a rare attack on the northeast Nigerian town of Dapchi, where more than 100 schoolgirls were abducted two years ago, military sources and residents said Tuesday. One soldier was killed and three wounded as fighters believed

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Nigeria records first coronavirus death in conflict-hit Borno state

Nigeria confirmed its first coronavirus infection in insurgency-hit Borno, after a medic with Doctors Without Borders died from COVID-19

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Nigeria security forces kill 18 in coronavirus lockdown enforcement

Nigerian security agents killed 18 people in their enforcement of measures to curb coronavirus, a figure higher than the documented toll inflicted by COVID-199

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AFRICOM shifts strategy from degrading to containing West Africa insurgents, OIG report says

United States Africa Command has shifted its strategy from degrading violent extremist organizations in West Africa to simply containing their spread

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Nigeria: Militants attack key aid facility in Ngala near Cameroon border, UN says

Heavily armed militants attacked on a vital aid facility housing UN workers in Ngala in northeast Nigeria's Borno state

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What the ‘Vengeance for the Two Sheikhs’ campaign says about new ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi

The killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi does not appear to have reduced ISIS’s capabilities, and new leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi seems to be carrying on his legacy

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Nigeria soldiers killed in clashes around Monguno, key garrison town near Lake Chad

Three soldiers were killed in intense fighting between Nigeria's army and Islamist insurgents around Monguno, a key garrison town in the Lake Chad area

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At least 9 killed in Gamboru bridge bomb blast on Nigeria-Cameroon border

An explosion ripped through a crowded market on a bridge at Gamboru on Nigeria's border with Cameroon, killing at least 9 people and injuring 26

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Chad troops leave Nigeria with Boko Haram mission ‘finished’

Chad has ended a months-long mission fighting Boko Haram in neighbouring Nigeria and withdrawn its 1,200-strong force across the border

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