Abubakar Shekau
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Chad Leader: Boko Haram Has New Leader Ready to Negotiate
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram has a new commander willing to negotiate with Nigeria’s new…
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Boko Haram ‘Leader Abubakar Shekau’ Claims Baga Raid
(BBC) – A man purporting to be the leader of the Boko Haram Islamist group has said in a video…
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Boko Haram Crisis: Nigerian Soldiers ‘Mutiny Over Weapons’
(BBC) – A group of soldiers in north-eastern Nigeria is refusing to fight Islamist Boko Haram militants until they receive…
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Boko Haram Takes Nigeria Town, Resident Says
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Fighters from Nigeria’s Boko Haram militant group seized the northeastern town of…
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Nigerian Ex-President: Some Abducted Schoolgirls May Never Return
(Reuters) – Some of the schoolgirls abducted by militant group Boko Haram may never return home, Nigeria’s influential former…
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Missing Girls Expose Kidnap Capital as Nigerians Pay Ransoms
(Bloomberg) – Four armed men ransacked Antony Akatakpo’s home in front of his wife and two children in the Nigerian…
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Nigerian Gunmen Kidnap 20 Women in Northeast
HARUNA UMAR, Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have reportedly kidnapped 20 women from a nomadic…
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Despite Joint Search for Missing Girls, Nigeria and United States are Wary Partners
ABUJA, Nigeria (The Washington Post) — When Secretary of State John F. Kerry announced early this month that the Obama…
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Nigeria’s Leader Vows to Bring Girls Home
MICHELLE FAUL, Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s leader vowed on Thursday to “do everything possible to bring our…
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Obama: 80 US Troops in Chad Seeking Abducted Girls
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has deployed 80 military personnel to Chad to help locate the nearly 300…
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