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Bomb experts gather evidence in a crater that was caused by a bomb blast explosion at Nyanyan, Abuja April 14, 2014. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Three Suicide Bombers Kill 12 in Nigeria

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 18, 2017 | World

At least 12 were killed and injured 26 by suspected suicide bombers on Monday in northeast Nigeria’s state of Borno, epicenter of the ultra-hardliners militant Boko Haram insurgency, the chairman of the local emergency agency said. “Three suicide bomber infiltrated a...

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Children attend a class at a primary school in Muna Garage IDP camp, Maiduguri, Nigeria November 7, 2016. UNICEF/Naftalin/Handout via REUTERS

Nigeria Army Raids UN Compound in City at Center of Boko Haram Conflict

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 11, 2017 | World

Nigeria’s military raided a United Nations compound on Friday in the northeastern city at the epicenter of a conflict with ultra-hardline Boko Haram, a UN official said. The objective of the search could not be determined but it could damage an already tense...

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This file photo taken shows a member of the Joint Task Force, Operation Delta Safe walking through an abandoned site of an illegal oil refinery in the Niger Delta region near the city of Warri. Stefan Heunis/AFP/Getty Images

Sources: Dozens of Casualties in Boko Haram Attack on Nigeria Oil Team

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 28, 2017 | World

More than 50 people, including civilians and members of the military, were killed in a Boko Haram ambush on an oil exploration team in northeast Nigeria earlier this week, multiple sources have told Agence France Presse. Tuesday’s attack in the Magumeri area of...

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Nigerian special forces prepare to fight Boko Haram in Diffa on March 26, 2015. Reuters

Oil Survey Team Kidnapped by Boko Haram in Northeast Nigeria

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 26, 2017 | World

Suspected Boko Haram militants have kidnapped 10 members of a geological research team from the University of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, the state oil company said on Wednesday. Nigerian National Petroleum Company spokesman Ndu Ughamadu said the contractors were...

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Chadian soldiers push a military pickup truck to get it out of the sand near the front line in the war against insurgent group Boko Haram in Gambaru, Nigeria, February 26, 2015.REUTERS/Emmanuel Braun

Boko Haram Suspects Arrested as Suicide Bombers Hit Nigeria Camps

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 24, 2017 | World

Police in the northern Nigerian city of Kano said they arrested five suspected Boko Haram militants following a gunfight Sunday as eight people were killed after female suicide bombers attacked two displaced persons camps in northeastern Nigeria’s main city of...