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Nigeria:
Gunmen Attack Convoy Carrying Corpse in Damaturu
Daily Trust, 16 August 2012
Unidentified gunmen yesterday opened fire on a security convoy conveying a corpse of a civil defence officer killed at Gwange area of Damaturu town in Yobe State. Read more »
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Nigeria:
'We Won't Stay in Damaturu'
Daily Trust, 15 August 2012
Despite repeated calls on residents of Damaturu town of Yobe State by the state government and security personnel not to leave the town following the wild rumors making the round… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Gunfire, Explosions in Damaturu
Daily Trust, 15 August 2012
There are fresh reports of gunfire and explosions in parts of Damaturu, the Yobe state capital. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Thousands Flee Violence in Damaturu
Daily Trust, 14 August 2012
Thousands of people left their homes in Damaturu yesterday heading in different directions to flee the worsening violence in the Yobe State capital, a day after military raids on… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Death Toll From Sunday Violence Rises to 24
Vanguard, 13 August 2012
A military raid, a shootout and an attack on police guarding a church in separate incidents in north left 24 dead, the latest violence in the restive region, officials said Monday. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Damaturu Women Protest Arrests of Husbands, Children Over Suicide Attack
Vanguard, 13 August 2012
No fewer than 300 women and children marched in the street of Damaturu, Yobe State, protesting the alleged indiscriminate arrests and detention of their husbands and children by… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - Fleeing Yobe Christians Become Refugees in Jos
Vanguard, 22 January 2012
How does it feel becoming a refugee in your own country having been forced to flee your state of origin? Not because you or your people are engaged in a war with another community… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Abandoned, Peace Don't Live Here Anymore!
This Day, 7 July 2012
Michael Olugbode writes that due to the incessant killings in Bornu and Yobe States by Boko Haram, churches are almost empty on worship days, while business places are locked up… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Displaced Fear Returning Home
UNIRIN, 19 January 2012
Many of the tens of thousands of civilians who have fled their homes following a string of deadly attacks by "terrorist group" Boko Haram in northern Nigeria over recent weeks have… Read more »