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Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnap oil survey team in northeast Nigeria
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Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnap oil survey team in northeast Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have kidnapped 10 members of a geological research team from the University of Maiduguri in northeast…
Europe-wide police operation saves hundreds of sex trafficking victims
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Europe-wide police operation saves hundreds of sex trafficking victims

Law enforcement agencies across Europe carried out massive coordinated operations against organized criminal groups involved in trafficking and forced sexual…
Suicide bomber kills eight in Nigeria
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Suicide bomber kills eight in Nigeria

A female suicide bomber killed eight people and wounded 18 on Monday at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria — an…
A dozen killed, over 40 wounded in Cameroon suicide bomb attack
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A dozen killed, over 40 wounded in Cameroon suicide bomb attack

Two suicide bombers killed at least 12 people and wounded over 40 others in a small town in northern Cameroon…
Peace at risk in Nigeria’s oil heartlands as locals’ patience wears thin
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Peace at risk in Nigeria’s oil heartlands as locals’ patience wears thin

The Nigerian government’s efforts to secure peace in the oil heartlands of the Niger Delta are empty promises, community leaders…
Widows of Nigerian activists launch civil case against Shell
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Widows of Nigerian activists launch civil case against Shell

The widows of four activists executed 22 years ago in Nigeria are launching a civil action in the Netherlands, alleging…
Nigeria lifts ban on Egyptian furniture exports
Business

Nigeria lifts ban on Egyptian furniture exports

Trade and Industry Minister Tareq Qabil said that Nigeria lifted the ban on its imports of furniture from Egypt. The…
Alone in Maiduguri: the orphans of Boko Haram
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Alone in Maiduguri: the orphans of Boko Haram

Local officials in Maiduguri face the dilemma of how to get thousands of homeless children back to school in a…
UN: Sexual violence increasingly used as ‘terrorism’ tactic
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UN: Sexual violence increasingly used as ‘terrorism’ tactic

Sexual violence is increasingly being used as “a tactic of terrorism” from Iraq, Syria and Yemen in the Middle East…
Risk of mass starvation rising rapidly in parts of east Africa, Nigeria, Yemen: UN
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Risk of mass starvation rising rapidly in parts of east Africa, Nigeria, Yemen: UN

The UN refugee agency on Tuesday warned the risk that millions of people could starve to death in South Sudan and Somalia and neighboring…
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