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In Nigeria, getting away with murder
Since the arrival of the New Year, America's Nigerian diaspora, including its significant community in Maryland, must be dismayed by the news from Africa's most populous country. The reluctance ofNigeria'sgovernment to prevent or punish violence between...Tags: Justice System, Defense, Nigeria, Islam, Prosecution
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Nigeria seeks Niger's military support against Boko Haram
ReutersNIAMEY (Reuters) - Nigeria has asked neighboring Niger for support in a week-old offensive against Islamist insurgent bases in its semi-desert frontier region, underlining moves towards West African cooperation against jihadis seen as a cross-border...Tags: Rebellions, Nigeria, France, Mali, Wars and Interventions
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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: Rebellions, Nigeria, Cameroon, Amnesty International, European Union
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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: Rebellions, Nigeria, American Red Cross, Amnesty International, Cameroon
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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: Rebellions, Nigeria, European Union, Wars and Interventions, Africa
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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: Rebellions, Nigeria, 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: Military Equipment, Wars and Interventions, Western Africa, Al-Qaeda, Africa
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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: Military Equipment, Rebellions, Nigeria, Petroleum Industry, John Kerry
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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: Nigeria, Petroleum Industry, Wars and Interventions, 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: Nigeria, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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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...
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Jets join offensive in northeast Nigeria, opinion split
Reuters* President Jonathan declared state of emergency on Tuesday * Aims to wrest control of remote areas from Islamists * U.S., rights groups fear abuses, worsening violence By Imma Ande YOLA, Nigeria, May 16 (Reuters) - Nigeria sent fighter jets in...Tags: Military Equipment, Rebellions, Nigeria, Petroleum Industry, Amnesty International
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