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Nigeria
Boko Haram fighters killed 10 civilians and two policemen during a series of bombings and armed clashes in Gombe last night. The terrorists failed to storm a prison and instead destroyed a police station.
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Nigeria
“Gunmen” killed five people in a shooting at a mosque in Kano. The government imposed a curfew in Gombe after Boko Haram attacked a police headquarters in the city.
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Nigeria
Boko Haram fighters killed six policemen in separate attacks in Kano; 15 fighters were also detained during clashes. Boko Haram is suspected of torching two schools in Maiduguri this week.
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Nigeria
Several explosions and gunfire were heard in a suburb of Kano, where Boko Haram has been active. The suburb has been cordoned off by security forces, which are thought to be targeting Boko Haram safe houses.
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Boko Haram
Nigeria’s Abandoned Youth: Potential Boko Haram Recruits?
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Boko Haram
Nigerian majority doesn’t back Boko Haram views, poll finds
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Nigeria
Boko Haram killed more than 30 civilians, including women and children, in an attack on a market in Maiduguri. Security forces killed eight Boko Haram fighters in Maiduguri and detained five more in Suleja.
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Nigeria
Police captured nine prisoners who escaped during a Boko Haram jailbreak last week. One person was seriously wounded in a car bombing in Suleja.
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Nigeria
Boko Haram claimed credit for a prison break in Kogi that freed 119 inmates and killed one guard. Boko Haram fighters raided an immigration office in Damaturu.
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Al Qaeda
New Attacks Threaten Nigeria’s Future
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Nigeria
The military reassigned 72 senior generals in response to Boko Haram attacks that have plagued the north. The National Blood Transfusion Service saw blood donations drop by 50 percent in 2011 due to rising violence.
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Nigeria
The State Security Services said a former soldier known as Habibu Bama is wanted for his involvement with Boko Haram. Intelligence gained from the cell phones of Kabiru Sokoto has linked him to a variety of politicians, businessmen, and bankers who support Boko Haram. Former President Ibrahim Babangida denied supporting Boko Haram.
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Boko Haram
Nigerian Islamists threaten attack on telecom firms
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Nigeria
Boko Haram claimed it killed 12 soldiers in Maiduguri on Sunday night; the military disputed the claim. One policeman is reported to have been killed in a bombing in Kaduna.
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Al Qaeda
Boko Haram exposed: How sect was formed; Training details; Why it is changing tactics
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Nigeria
Security forces have created a list of the most wanted Boko Haram members; its leader, Abubakar Shekau, tops the list. Boko Haram gunmen are suspected of killing four Christians in the towns of Unguan Musa and Potiskum.
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Al Qaeda
Nigerian’s Bomb Plot Detailed in Court Filings
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Nigeria
Security forces re-captured Kabiru Sokoto, Boko Haram’s Christmas Day bomber who escaped from prison on Jan. 18. Some Nigerians are fleeing to Cameroon to escape the threat of Boko Haram violence.
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Nigeria
The chief of the secret police in Kano said that Boko Haram fighters wear police uniforms when conducting attacks on security forces. “The sect members disguise as policemen… to launch attacks on police personnel and make it look like policemen are sent to kill their colleagues,” he said.
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Al Qaeda
Libya: Algeria, Libya sign accord to fight cross-border arms trade
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Nigeria
Army troops killed four Boko Haram fighters during a raid in Kano. The Army said a suicide attack on a base in Kaduna was thwarted. Boko Haram denied issuing a video that named four representatives to negotiate with the government.
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Boko Haram aims to topple Nigerian government
The international community is on edge as Nigeria reels from terror attacks by Boko Haram that have killed hundreds in the last few weeks.
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Al Qaeda
Al-Qaeda’s hand in Boko Haram’s deadly Nigerian attacks
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Nigeria
The head of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs denounced Boko Haram’s activities as un-Islamic. A prominent Christian leader called for “holy war” against Boko Haram.
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Nigeria
Boko Haram denied that their spokesman, Abul Qaqa, is in police custody. Instead, they said that Abu Dardaa, the chief of “public enlightenment,” has been arrested. Police deployed 10 riot police units to Kano to provide security after recent Boko Haram attacks.
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Nigeria
Boko Haram fighters killed four people during attacks on a police station and a bank in Kogi. The State Security Services said the captured Boko Haram spokesman is providing “very useful and verifiable information” during an “intense interrogation.”
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Nigeria
Boko Haram killed six people in a series of bombings in Maiduguri. Security forces killed 11 Boko Haram members during a clash in Maiduguri.
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Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
SPECIAL REPORT:Nigeria’s Boko Haram: between rebellion and jihad
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Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda in northern Africa an “afterthought” no more
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Nigeria
Police claimed to have captured Abul Qaqa, the spokesman for Boko Haram, during a raid in Maiduguri. A Boko Haram splinter group calling itself the Vanguards for the Protection of Muslims in Black Africa announced its formation; its leader is Abu Usamata al Ansari.
