Tag: BOKOHARAM
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Boko Haram kills two, abduct two in Borno
Boko Haram jihadists on horseback killed two men and seized two others when they attacked farmers outside Maiduguri city in northeast Nigeria, anti-jihadist militia told AFP Saturday. The insurgents rode into fields in Alau village on Friday, seizing four farmers, hacking two to death and kidnapping the others after inflicting machete cuts on them, the…
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U.S. designates Boko Haram, ISIS ‘entities of particular concern’
The United States has announced the designation of the Boko Haram terrorist group as an entity “of particular concern”. The U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo in a statement, designated Boko Haram alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), al-Qa’ida and al-Shabab. Pompeo also designated Saudi Arabia, Iran, Burma, North Korea, among “countries…
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Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 18 in Chadian village
Suspected Boko Haram militants killed 18 farmers and kidnapped nine women in western Chad, authorities said, part of a wave of violence that has spread from neighbouring Nigeria across the region. Gov. Mahamat Saleh told Reuters that the attackers came into the village of Mayerom in Lake Chad region after dark on Thursday and slit…
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Tension as Boko Haram attacks Borno IDP camp
Seven persons were apparently murdered on Friday when Boko Haram rebels attacked an internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp in Gamboru Ngala local government area of Borno state. The insurgents were said to have attacked the camp in two Hilux trucks at about 11pm. An eyewitness revealed to The Cable that the insurgents attacked…