Nigeria - Blast Kills Dozens, Boko Haram Militants Blamed

There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but many have blamed Islamic militant group Boko Haram. Their vicious campaign to carve out a caliphate has killed thousands and displaced millions.

At least 31 people have been killed after a pair of suicide bombers and volleys of rocket-propelled grenades struck the town of Damboa in northeastern Nigeria, about 90 kilometers (55 miles) from the state capital, Maiduguri.

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