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Nigeria:
Updated Timeline of Boko Haram Attacks and Related Violence
UNIRIN, 12 December 2013
Despite a fierce crackdown on insurgent group Boko Haram by Nigerian security forces, violence in northeastern Nigeria has not abated. Over 100 people have been killed in attacks… Read more »
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Nigeria:
My Experience of December 2 Attack in Maiduguri
Daily Trust, 15 December 2013
War was my favourite in categories of movies, but after my experience of December 2, 2013, I find it difficult to compare the two - the fantasy and reality of war - because facing… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - Collective Embarrassment to All Faiths - Islamic Cleric
Premium Times, 14 December 2013
The National Missioner of Ansar-ud-deen Society (ADS), Abdur-Rahman Ahmad, has declared the Boko Haram insurgency a collective embarrassment to all faiths in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Sectarian Violence Goes Unaddressed in Nigeria
UNIRIN, 13 December 2013
The deaths of more than 3,000 victims of sectarian violence in central Nigeria since 2010 have largely been ignored by the government, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Shekau Appears in New Video, Claims Responsibility for Maiduguri Killings
Leadership, 13 December 2013
Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau said in a video obtained by AFP yesterday that the group was behind a daring raid on military installations in the northern Nigerian city of… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigeria - Turning Blind Eye to Mass Killings - Failure to Investigate Fuels Violence in Plateau and Kaduna
HRW, 12 December 2013
Nigeria's government has largely ignored years of mass murder in Plateau and Kaduna states in central Nigeria, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The new report… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Terrorism - FG Promises to Observe Human Rights
This Day, 11 December 2013
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister for Justice Mohammed Adoke (SAN) Tuesday in Abuja said the federal government would continue to uphold people's rights in… Read more »