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Nigeria: Ten Years of Boko Haram
Daily Trust, 4 August 2019
It's exactly 10 years since the deadly Boko Haram sect took up arms against the Nigerian state in July 2009 through simultaneous attacks on symbols of authority it launched in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram - Over 27,000 Civilians Killed in 10 Years - UN
Daily Trust, 1 August 2019
Boko Haram terrorists have killed over 27,000 civilians since 2009 when the conflict in Nigeria's northeast started, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Edward… Read more »
10 Years of Boko Haram's Terror and Death
Its decade-long insurgency has continued to devastated the country. It has cost at least 27,000 lives, displaced about two million people and spawned an affiliate of the Islamic State group. While the Nigerian government has repeatedly claimed victory over Boko Haram, weary residents say there is no end in sight to the attacks that have created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
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Nigeria: Boko Haram - No End in Sight
DW, 1 August 2019
Ten years ago, the radical Boko Haram sect became a terror organisation and embarked on a trail of murder and mayhem that continues today. The Nigerian government has learnt little… Read more »
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Nigeria: 10 Years of Boko Haram - Humanitarian Community Wants More Interventions
This Day, 2 August 2019
The humanitarian community in Nigeria and the government Thursday marked 10 years of Boko Haram crisis in the country with a message that humanitarian interventions need to be… Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Insurgency Far From Over - UN
Vanguard, 1 August 2019
The United Nations said, yesterday, that Boko Haram insurgency was far from over in Nigeria. Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram and 10 Years of Humanitarian Crises in North-East
Vanguard, 31 July 2019
On Thursday July 25, 2019, dozens of Boko Haram insurgents attacked the Dalori Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in the outskirt of Maiduguri. The insurgents killed two… Read more »
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Nigeria: 10 Years Later, Boko Haram Insurgency Continues
RFI, 27 July 2019
Boko Haram started out as an Islamist group railing against corrupt officials in northeast Nigeria, but its decade-long insurgency has now devastated the region. Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram, Criminals, Islam in Maghreb, West African Terrorists Bonding Together - Presidency
Vanguard, 30 July 2019
The Presidency Tuesday night insisted that Boko Haram terrorism has been degraded and defeated. Read more »
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Nigeria: 27,000 Civilians Killed By Boko Hama in 10 Years - UN
Premium Times, 1 August 2019
An estimated 27,000 Nigerians died between 2009 and 2019 in the ongoing Boko Haram insurgency in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe, the United Nations has said. Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram - Examining 10 Years of Radicalization
DW, 29 July 2019
The death of the founder of Boko Haram 10 years ago was a turning point for Nigeria. The organization went from being an Islamist sect to a terror organization, and in the process… Read more »
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Nigeria: Real Boko Haram Defeated, Presidency Insists
Daily Trust, 31 July 2019
The presidency last night declared that "the real Boko Haram we know is defeated." Read more »
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Nigeria: Three Days After Boko Haram Killed 60 Mourners, Presidency Insists Group 'Defeated'
Premium Times, 30 July 2019
The presidency on Tuesday restated its often repeated claim that the Boko Haram insurgency has been defeated. Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Using Drones to Monitor Troops' Operations - Borno Governor
Daily Trust, 31 July 2019
Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has raised the alarm that Boko Haram insurgents have higher expertise and better technological weapons than the military. Read more »
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Nigeria: Thousands of Boko Haram Terrorists Surrender
CAJ News, 30 July 2019
More than 2 200 militants have quit the Boko Haram terror group and accepted a rehabilitation programme by the Chadian government. Read more »
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Africa: Where Will Boko Haram Go Next After Ten Years of Moving Around?
African Arguments, 23 July 2019
The August 2011 Boko Haram bombing outside the UN building in Nigeria's capital Abuja killed at least 21 people. Credit: Gbemiga Olamikan. Read more »
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Nigeria: Dialogue With Boko Haram - Back On the Agenda?
ISS, 2 July 2019
There is a hurting stalemate in the Lake Chad Basin. Countries under the mandate of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) are locked in a protracted struggle against two… Read more »
InFocus
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Corruption, oil disputes, inequality, the Boko Haram insurgency, and violence between farmers and herders and those of different religious groupings intertwine, presenting a ... Read more »
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At least 65 people have been killed and several injured after a funeral procession in Maiduguri in a suspected Boko Haram attack. The militant group has been at the forefront of ... Read more »
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The army has claimed that it has pushed the militant group out of its last stronghold in Sambisa forest. Read more »
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Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has appeared in a new video, days after the military said the sect had been completely defeated. In the new footage, Shekau threatened more ... Read more »
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Major General Rogers Nicholas has said that hundreds of insurgents in Borno State surrendered and several others fled their enclave, while over 100 civilians were rescued in an ... Read more »
