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30 killed in Nigerian millitant attack
By CNN,
848, February 12, 2020 (EAT)
At least 30 people, including a pregnant woman and a baby, are dead after suspected Boko Haram militants set fire on sleeping travelers in Borno state...
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Cardi B wants to be a Nigerian citizen but tweeps won’t have it
By VOA,
1511, January 11, 2020 (EAT)
Cardi B's announcement that she wants to seek Nigerian citizenship has set off a Twitter feud between her West African fans in friendly rivals Nigeria...
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Muslims go for substitutes as sacrificial sheep are scarce in Cameroon
By VOA,
1741, August 11, 2019 (EAT)
Cameroon Muslims are looking for alternatives for the sacrifice as recommended by prophet Muhammad on the day of the Eid al-Adha feast. Sheep, trad...
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At least 65 people killed by suspected Islamists in Nigeria
By Reuters,
1006, July 29, 2019 (EAT)
At least 65 people died in an attack by suspected Islamists on a group returning from a funeral in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno region, state televi...
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Cameroon fights Boko Haram with goats and sheep
By VOA,
1415, July 12, 2019 (EAT)
The government of Cameroon this week began rolling out an unlikely weapon in the fight against Boko Haram militants. Authorities are distributing t...
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Boko Haram kills at least five soldiers in northeast Nigeria: sources
By Reuters,
1414, July 7, 2019 (EAT)
Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram ambushed Nigerian soldiers in the northeast of the country, killing at least five and injuring more than a dozen, ...
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Mozambique says militants kill 11 in attack near Tanzania border
By Reuters,
852, July 4, 2019 (EAT)
Eleven people were killed in an attack last week by an Islamist militant armed group in northern Mozambique near its border with Tanzania, Mozambican ...
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Triple suicide attack kills at least 30 in northeast Nigeria
By Reuters,
1927, June 17, 2019 (EAT)
At least 30 people were killed in a triple suicide attack in northeast Nigerian state of Borno, state emergency officials said on Monday, in the bigge...
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Islamic State says it killed 20 Nigerian soldiers: statement
By Reuters,
1504, June 14, 2019 (EAT)
Islamic State said it had killed 20 Nigerian soldiers in an attack on Wednesday in the country’s northeastern Borno state. The claim of responsib...
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Nigeria’s Buhari signals 4 more years much like last
By Reuters,
1750, June 13, 2019 (EAT)
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari promised on Wednesday to repeat in his second term successes from his first four years including an improved econo...
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Ex-Stars striker Onyango backs Kenya to shine at AFCON
By Godfrey Ashiali,
1733, June 12, 2019 (EAT)
Former Harambee Stars striker Bernard Onyango “Imboko” has backed Kenya to go beyond the group stages at the 2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) F...
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Ethnic clashes in Nigeria send 20,000 fleeing into Niger
By VOA,
1138, May 30, 2019 (EAT)
The U.N. refugee agency says an upsurge in violence in northwest Nigeria since April has driven an estimated 20,000 people to seek safety in neighbori...
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Nigeria’s Buhari kicks off challenge-filled second term with low-key inauguration
By Reuters,
2051, May 29, 2019 (EAT)
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in on Wednesday for a second term at a low-key inauguration ceremony in which he surprised many by not d...
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Nigeria’s Buhari starts a second term packed with challenges
By Reuters,
2128, May 29, 2019 (EAT)
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in on Wednesday for a second term at the helm a country struggling with a sluggish economy and a deca...
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Kenya, Cameroon militaries fighting terrorism through development
By VOA,
2128, May 20, 2019 (EAT)
A delegation from the Kenyan military is sharing experience on how the Cameroon military engineering corps has taken over road construction projects i...
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At least 17 Niger soldiers killed in ambush: government spokesman
By Reuters,
1754, May 15, 2019 (EAT)
Gunmen killed at least 17 Nigerien troops in an ambush near the Malian border, where several jihadist groups are active, and another 11 soldiers are m...
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Militia releases nearly 900 children in Nigeria
By VOA,
1105, May 11, 2019 (EAT)
A local militia group that supports the Nigerian government in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents has released nearly 900 children, the United Na...
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Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad, Niger deploy troops after fresh Boko Haram attack
By VOA,
1703, April 20, 2019 (EAT)
The Multi-National Joint Task Force of the Lake Chad Basin Commission made up of forces from Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad and Niger, has deployed troops af...
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‘We have become social pariahs’: A Chibok mother’s anguish five years on
By CNN,
1340, April 14, 2019 (EAT)
On 14 April 2014, Boko Haram, the violent extremist group operating in the Lake Chad region, abducted 276 girls from their school dormitory in north-e...
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Boko Haram militants target civilians in Niger’s Diffa region
By VOA,
1524, April 6, 2019 (EAT)
The United Nations reports armed men killed dozens of civilians and displaced thousands during increasingly violent and frequent attacks last month in...
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