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Cameroon Village Attacked by Suspected Boko Haram Insurgents

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YAOUNDE — More than 300 heavily armed men suspected to be members of the Nigerian radical group Boko Haram have attacked the locality of...

Boko Haram kidnapped at least 20 young women in Nigeria

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Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped at least 20 young women over the weekend in northeastern Nigeria, 8 kilometers from a town where more than...

Cameroon the weakest link in fight against Boko Haram

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(Reuters) – Nigeria’s head of counter-terrorism on Friday accused neighboring Cameroon of failing to make a serious effort to drive Boko Haram insurgents from...

Man Arrested for Allegedly Fronting for Boko Haram

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The Coordinator, National Information Centre, Mr Mike Omeri, on Monday said the Department of State Services (DSS) had arrested a suspect fronting for the...

Cameroonian forces takes down at least 2 Boko Haram gunmen

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Yaounde - Suspected Boko Haram militants from Nigeria attacked a town in Cameroon's far north on Saturday but local security forces fought them off,...

Nigerian barracks hit by female suicide bomber

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Abuja - A female suicide bomber killed herself and a soldier outside an army barracks in Nigeria's north-eastern city of Gombe on Sunday, the...

Nigeria’s military stopped and seized copies of newspapers editions

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Abuja - Four Nigerian newspapers said soldiers stopped and seized copies of its editions on Friday over security concerns, with one likening the raids...