Militants ambush Nigerian army chief

Suspected Boko Haram militants ambushed a convoy carrying the new head of the Nigerian army through Borno state, the military says.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

BBC

Chad army 'kills Nigeria militants'

Chad's army says it has killed more than 200 militant Islamists and lost nine men during a battle to recapture a key town in north-eastern Nigeria.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Somali militants attack army hotel

Somali Islamist fighters attack a hotel where African Union and army commanders were staying in a strategic town the militants lost control of last week.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Nigerian women 'taken by militants'

Suspected Boko Haram militants abduct at least 20 women in northern Nigeria, near where they kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in April, eyewitnesses say.

 

10 years ago

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Nigerian militants 'kidnap dozens'

Militants storm a remote village in north-eastern Nigeria, killing at least 33 people and kidnapping dozens, a survivor tells the BBC.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Villagers 'repel Nigerian militants'

Residents of three villages in northern Nigeria repel an attack by suspected militants, killing about 200 of them, an eyewitness tells the BBC.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Jun

3 Shabaab militants killed in attack on Somali army base

Mogadishu, Sunday. Al shabaab militants launched a major suicide attack on Sunday against a military intelligence base in the capital Mogadishu, setting off a car bomb before storming inside, security officials said.

 

11 years ago

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Nigerian army 'will do better'

Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan defends the army's efforts against Islamist militants after more than 200 civilians were killed in recent attacks.

 

10 years ago

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Is the Nigerian army failing?

Three views on Nigerian military campaign against Boko Haram

 

10 years ago

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Nigerian army 'rescues nearly 300'

Nigeria's army says it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women but has not confirmed whether the schoolgirls abducted from Chibok are among them.

 

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