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Would-be suicide bomber shot dead in Nigeria INTERNATIONAL

Would-be suicide bomber shot dead in Nigeria

Security guards shot dead on Saturday a man who was trying to detonate a bomb at a camp in northeastern Nigeria for people displaced during a seven-year insurgency waged by Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Blast kills 8 suspected Boko Haram militants in Nigeria INTERNATIONAL

Blast kills 8 suspected Boko Haram militants in Nigeria

A truck conveying eight suspected Boko Haram Islamists exploded near a military checkpoint in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing the occupants, an army spokesman told AFP.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Nigerian officials 'sexually abusing Boko Haram victims' INTERNATIONAL

Nigerian officials 'sexually abusing Boko Haram victims'

Human Rights Watch on Monday accused Nigerian officials of sexually exploiting women and girls living in camps for victims of Boko Haram in the war-torn northeast.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Two suicide bombers kill 5 in Nigeria's Maiduguri INTERNATIONAL

Two suicide bombers kill 5 in Nigeria's Maiduguri

Two suicide bombers killed at least five people on Saturday in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the heart of a seven-year-old insurgency by Islamist Boko Haram militants, a military source and residents said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Two suicide bombers kill 22 in Maiduguri, NE Nigeria INTERNATIONAL

Two suicide bombers kill 22 in Maiduguri, NE Nigeria

At least 22 people were killed on Wednesday when two women disguised as men blew themselves up during morning prayers at a mosque in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, rescue officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
At least 65 people killed in attack in Nigeria's Maiduguri city INTERNATIONAL

At least 65 people killed in attack in Nigeria's Maiduguri city

At least 65 people were killed on Saturday during an attack by Islamist militant group Boko Haram near Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, a Reuters reporter said after counting bodies at a hospital morgue.

4:45 AM November 25 2016