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- 110 Nigerian schoolgirls ‘unaccounted for’ after Boko Haram raid
Nigerian authorities have announced that 110 young girls are missing after a raid by Boko Haram Islamist terrorist group, in what may become the most serious school attack and kidnapping since the notorious 2014 Chibok incident.World News - UK halves humanitarian aid to Nigeria while urging it to tackle Boko Haram
The British government has halved the amount of humanitarian aid it gives to Nigeria, while calling on its leaders to do more to tackle extremist group Boko Haram.UK News - Boko Haram has used 83 children as suicide bombers in 2017 – UNICEF
Boko Haram has dramatically increased the use of children in suicide bomb attacks on civilians in Nigeria, UNICEF reported Tuesday.World News - Boko Haram slaughters Niger villagers, kidnaps 37 women in cross-border raid
Around forty women have been taken hostage after Boko Haram militants carried out a gruesome cross-border raid on a village in Niger. Security forces have launched an operation to find the captives.World News - Nigeria ‘foils Boko Haram attack on UK & US embassies’
Nigeria’s secret police have thwarted a plot by militant Islamist group Boko Haram to launch attacks on the UK and US embassies in the capital Abuja, the country’s Department of State Services (DSS) has said in a statement.UK News - Dozens of civilians killed in botched strike on Boko Haram – reports
The Nigerian air force has accidentally killed dozens of civilians in an airstrike against Islamist militant group Boko Haram, according to reports.World News
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