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  Trump gives 'guns-a-blazing' warning to Nigeria over 'killing of Christians'. What does data say?

  Explainers | November 02, 2025 8:14 IST

  Nigeria is an African nation where the population is evenly divided between Muslims and Christians. Generally, the Muslims live in the country's north, while the south is dominated by the Christians.

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  Boko Haram kills over 60 in midnight attack in this country; homes torched, families forced to flee

  World | September 07, 2025 7:54 IST

  Boko Haram is Nigeria's homegrown jihadist militant group. It took up arms in 2009 to fight Western education and impose its radical version of Islamic law. The group split into two factions after the death of the group's longtime leader, Abubakar Shekau, in 2021.

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  US declares Pahalgam attack mastermind TRF a terror group: Here's a look at other designated outfits

  Explainers | July 18, 2025 14:54 IST

  The Resistance Front is not the first organisation to have been placed on the list. Apart from TRF, many other terror groups are there that include Al-Shabaab, Boko Haram, along with terror groups Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Hamas, Hezbollah, and Islamic Jihad Union.

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  Chad: 96 rebels killed in Boko Haram attack, army says 17 soldiers martyred in counter-operation

  World | November 11, 2024 16:58 IST

  At least 17 Chadian soldiers were killed and 32 others wounded in clashes between the army and Boko Haram fighters on Saturday, the army's spokesman said, adding that 96 Boko Haram members were also killed.

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  Nigeria: 100 killed as Boko Haram Islamic radicals opened fire on market, homes in deadliest attack

  World | September 04, 2024 16:58 IST

  Local media reported that the extremists claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in reprisal for villagers informing security operatives about their activities.

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  Salman Khurshid's house set on fire amid uproar over new book on Ayodhya

  India | November 15, 2021 19:47 IST

  On Sunday, a petition was filed in the Delhi High Court seeking direction to stop the publication, circulation, and sale of former Union Minister Salman Khurshid's book for its alleged remarks on Hindutva.

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  BJP slams Salman Khurshid for comparing Hindutva to ISIS, Boko Haram in new book

  India | November 11, 2021 11:13 IST

  Congress leader Salman Khurshid in his book 'Sunrise Over Ayodhya: Nationhood in Our Times' said that Sanatan dharma and classical Hinduism known to sages and saints were being pushed aside by a robust version of Hindutva, by all standards a political version similar to the jihadist Islam of groups like ISIS and Boko Haram of recent years.

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  Boko Haram attack kills 15, wounds 83 in northern Nigeria

  World | April 02, 2018 17:57 IST

  Nigerian military authorities say at least 15 people, including a soldier, have died and 83 others have been injured in an attack by Boko Haram insurgents on two villages in northern Nigeria.

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  'ISIS, Boko Haram using sex slaves to lure militants, sex trafficking to fund operations'

  World | October 10, 2017 21:55 IST

  The promotion of sexual violence by the extremist group was a vital means of “attracting, retaining, mobilising and rewarding fighters” as well as punishing disbelievers

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  Boko Haram favours women, children as suicide bombers: Study

  World | August 10, 2017 13:46 IST

  Boko Haram's use of women as bombers increased following the abduction of 276 female students aged between 16 and 18 from their school dormitories in Chibok in April 2014, according to the study.

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  Nigeria: 82 Chibok girls freed in prisoner swap with Boko Haram

  World | May 07, 2017 8:51 IST

  82 Chibok girls have been freed in exchange for detained suspects with Boko Haram, Nigeria's government announced early Sunday.

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  Nigeria: More than 100 refugees ‘mistakenly’ killed in an operation against Boko Haram

  World | January 17, 2017 23:59 IST

  In a shocking incident, a Nigerian Air Force fighter jet that was on mission against Boko Haram extremists on Tuesday mistakenly bombed a refugee camp, killing more than 100 refugees. A Red Cross worker said

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  Boko Haram leader asks ‘fighters to kill, slaughter and detonate bombs everywhere

  World | December 31, 2016 20:51 IST

  A top leader of Nigeria’s Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, has released a new video, asking ‘fighters’ to ‘kill, slaughter and abduct ... and detonate bombs everywhere (in the world)’. In the footage, the militant

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  Boko Haram teaching children as young as 13 to rape hostages and ‘have fun’

  World | December 30, 2016 14:01 IST

  In an astounding revelation, child soldiers fleeing Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram have said that the jihadist group was teaching children as young as 13 how to rape their hostages.

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  Terror group Boko Haram has no place to hide, claims Nigeria's President

  World | December 24, 2016 21:18 IST

  Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday declared that the extremist group Boko Haram was finally crushed by the Nigerian army in the vast northeastern Sambisa forest that was its stronghold. His victorious statement came as

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  Over 75,000 children could starve to death in Nigeria due to Boko Haram, warns UN

  World | September 29, 2016 21:28 IST

  Due to conditions created by dreaded terror outfit Boko Haram in Nigeria, as many as 75,000 children will die over the next year in famine-like conditions, the UN Children’s Fund has warned. That’s far

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  Terror: India fourth worst-affected country, Maoists fourth deadliest outfit, says reports

  India | September 16, 2016 11:10 IST

  India witnessed a total of 791 terror attacks in 2015, of which 43 per cent were carried out by Naxalites, in which 289 people died.

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  Nigeria: Air raid 'fatally wounds' Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, says military

  World | August 23, 2016 18:53 IST

  Nigeria's military on Tuesday said that Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is believed to have been fatally wounded in an airstrike while he was praying in a forest stronghold.

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  Islamic State announces Abu Musab al-Barnawi as new leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram

  World | August 04, 2016 12:57 IST

  The Islamic State has announced Abu Musab al-Barnawi as the new leader of West African terror group Boko Haram, which pledged allegiance to the ISIS last year. The announcement came in an interview published Wednesday

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  Two Indian nationals allegedly kidnapped in Nigeria

  India | July 01, 2016 13:50 IST

  Visakhapatnam: Suspected terrorists have kidnapped two Indian nationals from Gboko, a town in the Benue state of north-central Nigeria, family members of one of them said in Visakhapatnam on Friday. Mangipudi Sai Srinivas who