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Boko Haram Victims Condemn Offer to Rebuild Kidnapped Girls’ School

The Nigerian town of Chibok, which became world-famous nearly a year ago as Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls during a physics exam, has condemned a federal government attempt to rebuild the doomed school as little consolation in light of the government’s failure to locate and rescue the abducted girls.

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Nigerian University Feeding 270,000 of 1.6 Million Boko Haram Refugees

The Islamist terror group Boko Haram has taken control of a territory in Nigeria the size of Ireland. It continues its efforts to expand within the west African nation and establish an Islamist Caliphate, now with the support of the Middle Eastern Islamic State (ISIS) terror group. While headlines are quick to mention the dead, it is Nigeria’s internally displaced, now numbering upwards of one million, who continue to suffer as they flee the group.

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Boko Haram Runs Wild In Cameroon, Burning Churches and Mosques

The Boko Haram crisis in northern Nigeria continues to rage. On Wednesday, Boko Haram staged a major counter-attack against Cameroon– one of the nations leading an African Union coalition against the terrorist group– launching a bloody rampage through the border town of Fotokol that killed at least 91 villages and wounded over 500, according to the Associated Press.

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Nigerian President Narrowly Misses Boko Haram Suicide Bomb at Election Rally

Two female suicide bombers are believed to have been responsible for multiple explosions at a presidential election rally in northeast Nigeria on Monday. President Goodluck Jonathan himself is reported to have narrowly missed the blast, while many suspect the hand of radical Islamist group Boko Haram was involved in the terrorist incident.

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Chad Enters the Fray in Growing Battle Against Boko Haram

The battle against the Nigerian-based Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram is heating up. For a variety of reasons, Nigeria’s military has been unable to stop their advance, but when Boko Haram crossed the border into Cameroon they met stiffer resistance, and now Chad is preparing to move troops and equipment into northern Cameroon against the terrorist gang.

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