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Nigeria: Govt Denies Mercenaries are Fighting Boko Haram
Vanguard, 14 March 2015
Senior military commanders have described stories in major international media and culled by local newspapers reporting that Nigeria is deploying hundreds of mercenaries against… Read more »
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South Africa: Pretoria's Secret Role in Boko Haram Battle
Daily Trust, 14 February 2015
For two weeks now, stories about the regional alliance between Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin through a Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) aimed at taming Boko Haram… Read more »
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South Africa: Arrest 'Mercenaries' Fighting Boko Haram - Minister
SAPA, 29 January 2015
The South Africans going to help the Nigerian army against terror group Boko Haram should be arrested on their return, Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said in Beeld on… Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram - Between Chadians and South African Mercenaries
Vanguard, 5 February 2015
LAST week, the story broke that Chadian forces were operating inside Nigeria against the Boko Haram insurgency. And they seemed to be making a lightning success of their operation,… Read more »
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Nigeria: South African Soldiers Aiding Nigerian Troops in North East
Daily Trust, 28 January 2015
Scores of South African ex-military experts are currently in Nigeria assisting Nigerian troops in counter terrorism efforts to tackle the menace of Boko Haram. Read more »
South African Minister Slams 'Mercenaries' Fighting Boko Haram
Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has said that soldiers assisting the Nigerian army in their fight against Boko Haram should be arrested on their return.
A multinational team of over 100 private military experts will help Nigeria against Boko Haram (file photo).
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Hundreds of people were feared to have been killed in the attack on Baga. Read more »
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The Chadian government has mobilised troops and armoured tanks to help combat the Boko Haram insurgents. Read more »
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The campaign and research groups, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have both released satellite images providing evidence of the scale of last week's attack on the ... Read more »
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At least 20 of the dozens of hostages captured in Cameroon by suspected Boko Haram fighters over the weekend have been freed. Read more »
