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  32 troops killed in Niger clash with Boko Haram

  World | June 05, 2016 10:46 IST

  Thirty-two troops have been killed in a clash with Boko Haram fighters on Niger's border with Nigeria, Niger's defence ministry said today, one of deadliest tolls inflicted by the jihadists.

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  Returning home a mixed blessing for Boko Haram abductees

  World | April 23, 2016 20:36 IST

  thousands of girls and women who've escaped Boko Haram's clutches, the message they've sometimes encountered at homecomings has been “Stay Away.”

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  Child bombers in Boko Haram increase 10-fold, 75% of kids are girls

  World | April 13, 2016 7:58 IST

  Nigeria-based militant group Boko Haram is increasingly using children in suicide attacks. According to UNICEF, the Islamic extremists used four children in such attacks in 2014 and 44 in 2015.

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  Boko Haram using more children as suicide bombers

  World | April 12, 2016 21:10 IST

  Nigeria-based extremist group Boko Haram is increasingly using children in "suicide" attacks, a Unicef report released on Tuesday said.

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  Triple blasts in Lake Chad leave 27 dead, 80 injured

  World | December 05, 2015 21:45 IST

  Three bomb blasts have hit an island on Lake Chad, Africa, leaving 27 people dead and 80 injured, security agencies said.  The blasts occurred on the island of Koulfoua on the Chadian side of the

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  Global terror death toll surges 9-fold over 15 years

  World | November 19, 2015 15:58 IST

  There has been a nine-fold increase in deaths due to terrorism globally, rising from 3,329 in 2000 to 32,685 in 2014, according to the Global Terrorism Index 2015 report by the Institute for Economics &

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  Presumed Boko Haram bombing kills 32 in Nigeria's Yola city

  World | November 18, 2015 8:01 IST

  Yola: A night-time explosion blamed on Boko Haram extremists killed 32 people and wounded 80 Tuesday at a truck stop in northeastern Nigeria, an emergency official said.Tuesday night's blast breaks a three-week hiatus in bombings

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  ISIS, Boko Haram may disrupt IAFS, warns Intelligence report

  India | October 27, 2015 10:24 IST

  New Delhi: Intelligence inputs have suggested that militant outfits Boko Haram and Islamic State may be attempting to disrupt the third India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) that begun here on Monday.The threat perception of the summit

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  56 killed by Boko Haram in remote part of Borno state: Governor

  World | August 31, 2015 9:58 IST

  Maiduguri, Nigeria: The governor of Borno state said Sunday that Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed 56 villagers in a remote area of the region, as the government warned that the extremists are trying to

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  Boko Haram raid kills 28 in villages across northeastern Nigeria

  World | August 29, 2015 6:59 IST

  Bauchi:  Boko Haram militants killed 28 on Friday in a series of raids on remote farming and fishing villages in Northeast Nigeria, according to members of a civilian defence group.A total of 24 people were

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  48 killed in Nigeria market blast

  World | August 12, 2015 7:00 IST

  Abuja: At least 48 people were killed in a blast which rocked a local market in Damboa district of Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, a security source said.More than 40 people sustained various degrees of

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  Suicide bomber kills at least 10 in northern Cameroon

  World | July 26, 2015 6:48 IST

  Yaounde, Cameroon (AP):   A suicide bomber attacked a popular night spot in northern Cameroon on Saturday evening, killing at least 10 people only days after Islamic militants were blamed for another attack on the

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  Suicide bombers kill 20 in northern Cameroon

  World | July 23, 2015 2:29 IST

  Yaounde, Cameroon (AP):  At least 20 bodies have been found in northern Cameroon's regional capital of Maroua after two suicide bombers blew themselves up on Wednesday in a busy marketplace and a popular neighborhood.Cameroon, which

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  16 Niger villagers killed in Boko Haram attack: Official

  World | July 19, 2015 7:08 IST

  Niamey: Boko Haram jihadists killed 16 civilians in an attack this week on a southeast Niger village, near the Nigerian border, a local official said."On July 15, Boko Haram elements fired on locals who were

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  Boko Haram guns down nearly 150 people praying in mosques in Nigeria

  World | July 03, 2015 11:45 IST

  Maidugiri (Nigeria) : Boko Haram extremists gunned down nearly 150 Muslims praying in mosques in a northeast Nigerian town during the holy month of Ramadan, a government official and a self-defense fighter said Thursday.The attack

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  20 killed as Boko Haram invades village in Nigeria

  World | June 24, 2015 6:41 IST

  Abuja:  Twenty villagers were killed when suspected Boko Haram fighters stormed a remote village in Nigeria's Borno state, shooting sporadically and razing houses, survivors said on Tuesday.Throats of some local residents were grisly slit by

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  Suspected Boko Haram attack: 2 girl suicide bombers kill 30 in Nigeria

  World | June 22, 2015 23:36 IST

  Bauchi, Nigeria: Two girls blew themselves up on Monday near a crowded mosque in northeast Nigeria's biggest city, killing about 30 people, witnesses said.It is the fourth suicide bombing this month in Maiduguri, which is

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  Bombs found at Boko Haram camp kill 63 in Nigeria

  World | June 17, 2015 23:42 IST

  Bauchi: A large sack of home-made bombs discovered at an abandoned Boko Haram camp exploded, killing 63 people, witnesses said today of a toll many times higher than in any recent attack in northeast Nigeria.

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  19 killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

  World | June 10, 2015 7:04 IST

  Abuja: Nineteen people were killed when Boko Haram militants stormed a village in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno, local residents said on Tuesday.The militants sieged the remote Huyum village Monday afternoon, shooting sporadically and indiscriminately

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  Suicide bombings kill more than 50 in Nigeria

  World | June 03, 2015 7:00 IST

  Maidugiri, Nigeria: Police say four suicide bomb attacks Saturday killed at least 54 people and wounded 143 in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri that is the birthplace of the Boko Haram Islamic extremist group.Police