Nigerian Military Arrests Senior Officers Over Baga Attacks
Military authorities are reportedly disappointed that the attack on Baga was not repelled.
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Nigeria:
What Really Happened in Baga, Nigeria?
HRW, 14 January 2015
Since January 3, Boko Haram militants have attacked - almost on a daily basis - the area surrounding Baga, a fishing settlement on the shores of Lake Chad in Nigeria's northeast… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Military - Child Soldiers, Female Suicide Bombers Involved in Mongonu, Maiduguri Attacks
This Day, 29 January 2015
The Nigerian military sources have disclosed that child-soldiers and teenage suicide bombers were used by Boko Haram terrorists in the multiple attacks on Maiduguri, Konduga and… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Baga As Turning Point for the Army
Daily Trust, 12 January 2015
This Nigerian town, which sits on the shores of Lake Chad, has for years served as the headquarters of the Multinational Task Force (MNJTF), consisting of troops from Nigeria,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Real Reason We Took Baga - Boko Haram
Premium Times, 28 January 2015
Abu Musab Abul-Barnawi, a new character that identifies himself as the spokesman of the extremist Boko Haram sect, has in a video clip said the reason Baga was seized by his group… Read more »
InFocus
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Amnesty International says the military had been warned repeatedly of impending Boko Haram attacks on Baga and Monguno and failed to take adequate action to prevent the loss of ... Read more »
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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 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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The military has denied media reports that over 2,000 people were killed in a terrorist attack in Baga community, Borno State, by extremist group, Boko Haram. Read more »
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Chad's army has driven Boko Haram fighters from a Borno town seized by the militants in October 2014. Read more »