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Nigeria says to free all female Boko Haram suspects
Reuters* Gesture aims to win popular backing for offensive -source * Nigerian warplanes hitting militant camps in north LAGOS, Nigeria, May 21 - Nigeria said on Tuesday it would free a number of detained Islamists, including all female ones, in what a senior...Tags: Nigeria
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Nigeria seeks Niger's military support against Boko Haram
ReutersNIAMEY/MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria has asked its northern neighbor Niger for help in an offensive against Boko Haram insurgents, as West African states try to cooperate against a spread of Islamist violence. An intelligence source in Niger...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Western Africa, Armed Forces, Islam, Religion and Belief
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Nigeria eases curfew in northeast, fights on against Boko Haram
ReutersMAIDUGURI, May 20 (Reuters) - Nigeria relaxed a curfew on Monday in parts of the northeast where its troops are mounting their biggest offensive yet against militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram. The Nigerian military has sent thousands of extra...Tags: Amnesty International, Human Rights, Armed Forces, European Union, Human Rights Watch
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Nigeria says has Islamists on defensive
ReutersMAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigeria claimed an early success for its military offensive against Islamist insurgents in the northeast on Monday, saying the militants' activities had been stifled by nearly a week of attacks on their bases. Military officers in...Tags: Amnesty International, American Red Cross, Human Rights, Armed Forces, Human Rights Watch
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Nigeria offers amnesty to insurgents who surrender
ReutersMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria offered an amnesty on Sunday to Islamist militants who surrender and said 17 people had been killed on the fifth day of a military operation to try to crush the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast. In their...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Libya, Human Rights, Africa, Armed Forces
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Nigeria military says 10 insurgents killed, 65 arrested
ReutersLAGOS, May 18 (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its remote northeast from an Islamist group seen as the main security threat to...Tags: Nigeria, Rebellions, Petroleum Industry
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Nigeria says 10 rebels killed in northeast, 65 arrested
ReutersLAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 more as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its remote northeast from an Islamist group seen as the main security threat to Africa's...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Human Rights, Terrorism, Petroleum Industry, Islam
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Nigeria bombs Islamists, U.S. sounds alarm
ReutersMAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian warplanes struck militant camps in the northeast on Friday in a major push against an Islamist insurgency, drawing a sharp warning from the United States to respect human rights and not harm civilians. Troops...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Human Rights, Armed Forces, Disasters and Accidents, Petroleum Industry
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Gunmen attack police station beyond Nigeria emergency zone
ReutersKANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed a police station and a bank in a town in Nigeria's northwest, beyond a region covered by a military crackdown on a Islamist insurgency, a sign the offensive could provoke violence by smaller militant cells across...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Nigeria, Petroleum Industry, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religious Conflicts
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EDITORIAL: Nigeria's test: The military is called to counter the militants
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteThe state of emergency declared Tuesday by President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria is a clear signal to the country's large armed forces that it is time for them to take decisive action. The declaration covers three of Nigeria's 36 states -- Adamawa,...Tags: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Nigeria
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Nigeria launches airstrikes against Islamist militants
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Security forces in Nigeria have launched airstrikes against encampments of the Islamist militia Boko Haram as part of a major military operation in the country's northeast, military officials said Friday. The airstrikes hit...
Tags: Nigeria, Armed Forces, Human Rights Watch, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of State
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Nigerian forces attack Islamist hideouts in northeast: sources
ReutersMAIDUGURI (Reuters) - Nigerian forces began attacking Islamist hideouts in the northeast on Thursday, security sources said, part of an offensive to wrest control of the region from increasingly bold and well-armed Boko Haram insurgents. Soldiers...Tags: Wildlife
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