Nigeria
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Islamic State announces Abu Musab al-Barnawi as new leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram
World | Aug 04, 2016, 12:57 PM ISTThe 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 | Jul 01, 2016, 01:50 PM ISTVisakhapatnam: 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
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Former Goa CM Ravi Naik wants ban on Nigerians, calls them 'negroes'
India | Jun 07, 2016, 02:00 PM ISTPanaji: The Central government should "ban" Nigerians from entering India, former Goa Chief Minister Ravi Naik has demanded, adding that the state does not need Nigerian tourists. Referring to Nigerians with the pejorative "negroes", the
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Over 300 minority Shiite Muslims buried in mass grave in Nigeria
World | Apr 14, 2016, 10:12 AM ISTNigeria's Kaduna state government has said it secretly buried hundreds of minority Shiite Muslims in a mass grave, after the victims were killed in army raids that underline ongoing impunity despite President Muhammadu Buhari's promises to end milita
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Child bombers in Boko Haram increase 10-fold, 75% of kids are girls
World | Apr 13, 2016, 07:58 AM ISTNigeria-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 | Apr 12, 2016, 09:10 PM ISTNigeria-based extremist group Boko Haram is increasingly using children in "suicide" attacks, a Unicef report released on Tuesday said.
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Hope: Two-year-old starving toddler’s amazing recovery will restore your faith in humanity
Life | Mar 31, 2016, 11:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: Earlier this year, an image of a skeletal Nigerian boy broke hearts of a million people. The two-year-old boy was labelled a ‘witch’ by people in his community and left to starve. The
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Heart breaking! Starved Nigerian toddler saved by a Young Charity worker
World | Feb 17, 2016, 07:47 AM ISTAbuja: Heart-breaking images of a two year old starving Nigerian toddler being given water by a Danish aid worker is doing rounds on social media.He had reportedly been abandoned by his community, who accused him
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Gas tanker truck fire kills more than 100 people in Nigeria
World | Dec 25, 2015, 11:00 AM ISTAbuja: A gas tanker truck has ignited an inferno at a crowded industrial gas plant in Nigeria, killing more than 100 people lining up to refill their cooking gas cylinders in time for Christmas.The disaster
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Global terror death toll surges 9-fold over 15 years
World | Nov 19, 2015, 03:58 PM ISTThere 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 | Nov 18, 2015, 08:01 AM ISTYola: 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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Nigeria: Suicide bombers kill 40 including in 2 mosques
World | Oct 08, 2015, 06:48 AM ISTDamaturu (Nigeria): Suicide bombers, some screaming "God is great," have killed at least 40 people in two northeastern Nigerian states, including explosions in two mosques, officials and witnesses said.All the bombers died. Earlier, Boko Haram
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Re-emergence of India, China as major powers offers momentus opportunity: President
India | Sep 30, 2015, 06:19 PM ISTNew Delhi : The foundation for the model of a new type of relationship between India and China has been laid, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday while noting that their simultaneous re-emergence as two
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Boko Haram raid kills 28 in villages across northeastern Nigeria
World | Aug 29, 2015, 06:59 AM ISTBauchi: 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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Over 100 Indian firms to promote 'Brand India' in Nigeria
Aug 23, 2015, 04:32 PM ISTNew Delhi: Over 100 Indian companies will take part in a three-day show from Tuesday in Nigeria's capital Lagos to showcase their expertise and promote 'Brand India'.The show from August 25 "will be an excellent
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Sushma Swaraj meets families of 11 Indians detained in Nigeria
National | Aug 19, 2015, 05:24 AM ISTNew Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday met the families of 11 Indians detained in Nigeria and assured that the Indian mission in Abuja was providing all necessary assistance.This information was tweeted by
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Suicide bombers kill 20 in northern Cameroon
World | Jul 23, 2015, 02:29 AM ISTYaounde, 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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49 killed in Nigeria twin blasts
World | Jul 17, 2015, 09:39 AM ISTAbuja: At least 49 people were killed and dozens injured by twin blasts that rocked a market in Nigeria's northeastern state of Gombe on Thursday, sources said.Forty-nine bodies were found at the scene of the
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Boko Haram guns down nearly 150 people praying in mosques in Nigeria
World | Jul 03, 2015, 11:45 AM ISTMaidugiri (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 | Jun 24, 2015, 06:41 AM ISTAbuja: 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