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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

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  Former Goa CM Ravi Naik wants ban on Nigerians, calls them 'negroes'

  India | June 07, 2016 14:00 IST

  Panaji: 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 | April 14, 2016 10:12 IST

  Nigeria'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 | 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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  Hope: Two-year-old starving toddler’s amazing recovery will restore your faith in humanity

  Life | March 31, 2016 23:49 IST

  New 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 | February 17, 2016 7:47 IST

  Abuja: 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 | December 25, 2015 11:00 IST

  Abuja: 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 | 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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  Nigeria: Suicide bombers kill 40 including in 2 mosques

  World | October 08, 2015 6:48 IST

  Damaturu (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 | September 30, 2015 18:19 IST

  New 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 | 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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  Over 100 Indian firms to promote 'Brand India' in Nigeria

  August 23, 2015 16:32 IST

  New 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

  Politics | August 19, 2015 5:24 IST

  New 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 | 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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  49 killed in Nigeria twin blasts

  World | July 17, 2015 9:39 IST

  Abuja: 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 | 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