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Nigeria:
Ceasefire Deal Stays Despite Attacks, Says Govt
Guardian, 28 October 2014
FOREIGN Affairs Minister, Aminu Wali, assured yesterday that the various attacks and reported abductions in the North East despite the ceasefire agreement would not threaten the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
A Failed Ceasefire?
This Day, 27 October 2014
Ademola Adeyemo, Shola Oyeyipo and Ojo M. Maduekwe write on the series of negotiations between the federal government and the militant Islamic group, Boko Haram, which gave birth… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Long Walk to a Ceasefire
Independent (Lagos), 22 October 2014
This is my third intervention within six months on the Boko Haram challenge. The first was published under the title "The Boko Haram Challenge" on Thursday, 8th May, 2014;and the… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Of Ceasefire and Dashed Expectations
Daily Trust, 26 October 2014
Just about a week ago, government announced with fanfare and a large dose of unbridled glee that it had reached some kind of agreement with Nigeria's Achilles Heel for the past 4… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigerians Express Divergent Views On Boko Haram Ceasefire
Premium Times, 18 October 2014
Nigerians on Friday expressed divergent views on the ceasefire agreement between the federal government and the Boko Haram insurgents. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Ceasefire Too Good to Be True?
African Arguments, 22 October 2014
Last week, a colleague forwarded me an email purportedly written by Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Chibok Girls - How Conflicting Security Reports Scuttled Ceasefire Deal
Vanguard, 26 October 2014
The current efforts by the Nigerian Government to rescue the over 200 girls taken by members of the Boko Haram fighters from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno… Read more »
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Nigeria:
A Week After Controversial 'Ceasefire', Violence Continues
Daily Trust, 25 October 2014
Twenty four hours after Nigerians - and a good chunk of the global community - started celebrating the news of a ceasefire agreement reached between the Federal Government and Boko… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram's Deadly Ceasefire
Vanguard, 24 October 2014
WE woke up on Saturday October 18, 2014, to newspaper screaming headlines of a ceasefire with the Boko Haram, by the Chief of Defense Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Bade issuing a… Read more »
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Nigeria:
President Jonathan, Where Is the Ceasefire With Boko Haram?
Vanguard, 23 October 2014
LIKE other Nigerians, I was taken by surprise when news broke last week that the Nigerian government had reached a ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram. The announcement was swiftly… Read more »
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Nigeria:
As Ebola Ends and Ceasefire Collapses
Independent (Lagos), 22 October 2014
Over the weekend Nigerians were made to look forward to receiving two good news this week. The first one had to do with the likelihood of the country being declared Ebola free… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - Of Ceasefire and Unsung Heroes
Daily Trust, 20 October 2014
I desperately want to believe that the recently announced ceasefire agreement reportedly reached between Nigeria and Boko Haram is true. My heart is ululating in ecstatic joy but… Read more »
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Nigeria:
What Boko Haram Ceasefire?
Premium Times, 20 October 2014
Despite claims of a ceasefire between the Nigerian government and extremist sect, Boko Haram, soldiers on Sunday night shot dead 25 members of the sect during an attack on Damboa… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Doubts Trail Ceasefire Deal
Guardian, 19 October 2014
NEWS of a possible ceasefire arising from an agreement between the federal government and Boko Haram created a buzz in the US over the weekend as government officials, Congressmen… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Talks With Boko Haram 'Inching Closer'
DW, 19 October 2014
Nigeria's government claims it is close to securing the release of 219 school girls kidnapped in April. More talks with Boko Haram fighters are planned this week. Read more »
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Nigeria:
The Boko Haram Truce Was a Scam - Shehu Sani
Leadership, 20 October 2014
The president of the Civil Right Congress of Nigeria, Comrade Shehu Sani, yesterday said that the ceasefire pact between the federal government and the Boko Haram sect was a… Read more »