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Nigeria:
Hundreds Suspected Boko Haram Detainees Killed in Military Camps-Amnesty International
Premium Times, 16 October 2013
About 1000 suspected Boko Haram militants died in detention in the first half of 2013 alone, London-based rights organization, Amnesty International, said Tuesday. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - Group Chides Northern Politicians, Calls for Protection of Civilian JTF
Vanguard, 16 October 2013
Human rights organisation, Youth and Conflict Resolution Initiatives, YCRI, has called on the governors of Yobe and Borno states as well as other prominent political leaders from… Read more »
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Nigeria:
JTF Kills 40 Boko Haram Insurgents in Borno Operations
Leadership, 16 October 2013
Troops of 7 Division Nigerian Army has foiled yet another attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents aimed at inflicting havoc on Borno State prior to Sallah festivities, killing 40… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Amnesty Int'l - Security Forces Have Killed 1,000 Boko Haram Suspects
Leadership, 16 October 2013
The international watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), has indicted the various security agencies in the country of engaging in extrajudicial killings of 1,000 suspected members… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram Suspects Allegedly Dying in Military Detention
DW, 15 October 2013
The rights group Amnesty International says hundreds of people are dying in military detention as Nigeria's security forces crack down on an Islamist uprising in the country's… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Rise Against Boko Haram - Ebonyi Governor
Daily Trust, 16 October 2013
Governor Martins Elechi of Ebonyi State yesterday called on Nigerians irrespective of religious affiliations to rise against the Boko Haram sect. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Citadels of Learning, Boko Haram's New Slaughter Fields
African Arguments, 15 October 2013
The insurgency in Nigeria's North Eastern corner has once more brought into sharp relief the precarious balance between life and death in the region. Scores of people are killed on… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Hundreds Die in Military Custody, Says Amnesty
AI London, 15 October 2013
The deaths of hundreds of people in detention facilities run by Nigeria's military Joint Task Force (JTF) must be investigated as a matter of urgency, Amnesty International said… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Boko Haram - Over 3,000 Gwoza, Bama Residents Flee to Adamawa
Leadership, 14 October 2013
The Adamawa State Commissioner of Border Integration Alhaji Hamza Bello has disclosed that over 3,000 residents of various communities in the Gwoza and Bama local government areas… Read more »