Boko Haram
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Meanwhile, Aliyu who also noted that the state of insecurity in the country was terrible, contended that economic deprivation had rendered many individuals in the country agents of the dreaded Boko Haram sect terrorising the country. Delivering the 5th... Full Article at THISDAY LIVE
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The attacks Sunday night occurred around Maiduguri, the city where the sect known as Boko Haram once had its main mosque. A military spokesman and a police spokesman declined to comment Monday, though a police official who spoke to The Associated Press... Full Article at Charlotte Observer
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To go with AFP STORY: Fear pervades Nigerian city at heart of Islamist insurgency by M.J. Smith A truck with inscription at the top 'Back to Islam' carries goods pasta roadside sign 'We thank Allah' in Maiduguri, home to Islamist group Boko Haram... View Photo »
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One of the gunmen was caught and burned to death using a tyre and oil. People said the men were Boko Haram but there is a lot of anger and everybody is so scared these days
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A military spokesman and a police spokesman declined to comment Monday, though a police official who spoke to The Associated Press confirmed seven people had been killed. The police official spoke on condition of anonymity because the information was... Full Article at WAWS FOX 30
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The attacks Sunday night occurred around Maiduguri, the city where the sect known as Boko Haram once had its main mosque. A military spokesman and a police spokesman declined to comment Monday, though a police official who spoke to The Associated Press... Full Article at Kens5.com San Antonio
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One person was killed and nine others were injured on April 24 after suspected Islamic extremists attacked a TV viewing center in a Christian area of Jos where a crowd had gathered to watch soccer. On March 11, Islamic extremists reportedly from the... Full Article at The Christian Post
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Spokesman of Joint Task Force in Maiduguri Lt.Col Sagir Musa speaks on the activities of the Islamist group Boko Haram in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria on May 10, 2012. The Nigerian Islamist group known as Boko Haram has grown from a... View Photo »
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I think a threat to journalism and to journalists will amount to a threat to democracy. I want the group (Boko Haram) to understand that the media is a friend to all and it is unnecessary therefore to target them for persecution for whatever reason.
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King and Meehan cited a Reuters' report last week about how the Justice Department earlier this year had urged the State Department to apply the "foreign terrorist" designation to Boko Haram. The congressmen suggested that by not doing so, the... Full Article at Reuters
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He further confessed to being part of a "20-man killer squad" charged with targeting the security services around Kano, Nigeria's second largest city and the key hub in the mainly Muslim north. Boko Haram has repeatedly targeted the security services... Full Article at Radio Netherlands Worldwide
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According to a letter of appeal for support from the Diocese, the Most Rev. Dr. Oliver Dashe Doeme said the persecution has taken an extremely dangerous dimension, since the outbreak of the Boko Haram insurgency in 2009. The letter, addressed to the... Full Article at West Africa Democracy Radio
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