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Islamists kill 20 in suicide attacks in Niger
ReutersNIAMEY (Reuters) - Islamist suicide bombers struck an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger on Thursday, officials said, killing 20 people and wounding dozens more in attacks that showed militant violence spreading across West Africa....Tags: Radio, Armed Forces, Chad, Armed Conflicts, France
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Nigeria says to free all female Boko Haram suspects
Reuters* Gesture aims to win popular backing for offensive -source * Nigerian warplanes hitting militant camps in north LAGOS, Nigeria, May 21 - Nigeria said on Tuesday it would free a number of detained Islamists, including all female ones, in what a senior...Tags: Nigeria
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Nigeria seeks Niger's military support against Boko Haram
ReutersNIAMEY/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria has asked its northern neighbor Niger for help in an offensive against Boko Haram insurgents, as West African states try to cooperate against a spread of Islamist violence. An intelligence source in Niger...Tags: Cameroon, Religious Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief, Western Africa
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Nigeria military: Authorities to release prisoners taken in fight against Islamic extremists
Associated PressENUGU, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military said Tuesday that the West African nation would release some of the prisoners it has taken in the country's fight against Islamic extremists — including all the women now held in custody. The...Tags: Government, Wars and Interventions, Religion and Belief, Western Africa, Nigeria
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Nigeria eases curfew in northeast, fights on against Boko Haram
ReutersMAIDUGURI, May 20 (Reuters) - Nigeria relaxed a curfew on Monday in parts of the northeast where its troops are mounting their biggest offensive yet against militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram. The Nigerian military has sent thousands of extra...Tags: Human Rights Watch, Cameroon, Civil Rights, Nigeria, Crime, Law and Justice
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Nigeria says has Islamists on defensive
ReutersMAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria claimed an early success for its military offensive against Islamist insurgents in the northeast on Monday, saying the militants' activities had been stifled by nearly a week of attacks on their bases. Military officers in...Tags: Human Rights Watch, Cameroon, Civil Rights, Nigeria, Crime, Law and Justice
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Nigeria offers amnesty to insurgents who surrender
ReutersMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria offered an amnesty on Sunday to Islamist militants who surrender and said 17 people had been killed on the fifth day of a military operation to try to crush the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast. In their...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Nigeria
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Nigeria military says 10 insurgents killed, 65 arrested
ReutersLAGOS, May 18 (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its remote northeast from an Islamist group seen as the main security threat to...Tags: Nigeria, Rebellions, Petroleum Industry
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Nigeria says 10 rebels killed in northeast, 65 arrested
ReutersLAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 more as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its remote northeast from an Islamist group seen as the main security threat to Africa's...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Islam, Chad, Armed Conflicts, Human Rights
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Nigeria bombs Islamists, U.S. sounds alarm
ReutersMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian warplanes struck militant camps in the northeast on Friday in a major push against an Islamist insurgency, drawing a sharp warning from the United States to respect human rights and not harm civilians. Troops...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Wildlife, Religious Conflicts, Religion and Belief, Wars and Interventions
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Gunmen attack police station beyond Nigeria emergency zone
ReutersKANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a police station and a bank in a town in Nigeria's northwest, beyond a region covered by a military crackdown on a Islamist insurgency, a sign the offensive could provoke violence by smaller militant cells across...Tags: Religious Conflicts, Wars and Interventions, Nigeria, Petroleum Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Nigeria launches airstrikes against Islamist militants
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Security forces in Nigeria have launched airstrikes against encampments of the Islamist militia Boko Haram as part of a major military operation in the country's northeast, military officials said Friday. The airstrikes hit...
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