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Cameroonians between army and Boko Haram
Text As Boko Haram continues its campaign of suicide attacks in northern Cameroon, the army is enforcing a "free-fire zone" along the Nigerian border, claiming still more local...
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Niger Delta pipeline blast signals renewed insurgency
Text A deadly blast on a pipeline in Nigeria's restive Delta region has raised fears that militants—pacified with an amnesty and pipeline protection contracts—are returning to...
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Niger Delta Avengers re-ignite insurgency
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Nigeria: mass death in military detention
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Niger Delta militants step up pipeline attacks
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Cameroon: 'horrific' abuses in Boko Haram fight
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US builds regional drone base in Niger
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Nigeria: pogroms target Shi'ites
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UN moves to outlaw nuclear weapons in 2017
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Niger: army massacres displaced peasants
Text Niger's army killed 14 displaced peasants who were apparently mistaken for jihadists in a "free-fire zone" in the restive southeast, where Boko Haram militants stage regular...
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Nigeria: Biafra headed for new genocide?
Text Up to 20 were reported killed when Nigerian army troops raided the home of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The raid follows deadly clashes between Igbo IPOB...
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Oil prices surge: vindication is tedious
Text We've been told for the past several years now that the depressed oil prices were permanent, thanks to fracking and the surge in US domestic production. Now prices are rising again, due to a...
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Niger Delta Avengers re-ignite insurgency
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Nigeria: mass death in military detention
Text Nearly 150, including 11 children, have died this year in Nigeria's military detention barracks, mostly due to starvation and dehydration, Amnesty International reports.nigeria.jpg.gifNearly 150...
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Niger Delta militants step up pipeline attacks
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Cameroon: 'horrific' abuses in Boko Haram fight
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US builds regional drone base in Niger
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Nigeria: pogroms target Shi'ites
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UN moves to outlaw nuclear weapons in 2017
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Niger: army massacres displaced peasants
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