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24 February

Boko Haram Killed 16 in Nigeria’s Maiduguri Attack: Local Militia

Boko Haram jihadists attacked Nigeria's city of Maiduguri in the volatile northeast killing 16 people, including nine children who were playing football in a field, local militia said.

24 February

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Nigerian Troops Reclaim Town Seized by Jihadists: Army

Nigerian soldiers backed by fighter jets on Tuesday recaptured a town in the restive northeast seized last week by jihadists after they overran a military base, the army said.

5 February

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Nigeria Troops Overrun ISWAP Jihadist Camps in Northeast

Nigerian troops backed by jets have taken control of several camps of IS-linked jihadists, with two senior commanders escaping after several other ranking militants were killed.

4 February

Africa

File photo of government soldiers are seen on patrol in Bafut, in the restive northwest English-speaking region of Cameroon, November 15, 2017

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Cameroon Army Killed 9 Civilians in Anglophone West: HRW

Human Rights Watch accused the Cameroon army of killing nine civilians, including a six-year-old girl, in a raid last month on a village in the troubled English-speaking west of the country.

Jan- 2021 -

18 January

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Nigeria Army Retakes Military Base in Borno From ISWAP Jihadists

Nigerian troops regained control of a military base in the northeast hours after it was seized by jihadists, sources told AFP on Sunday.

11 January

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Cameroon Army Denies Civilian ‘Massacre’

Cameroon's army on Monday denied allegations from local media and aid groups that it had killed civilians during a raid in the country's anglophone Southwest region, saying the dead were "terrorists."

8 January

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP

Jihadist Attack Kills 13 in Northern Cameroon

Thirteen civilians, eight of them children, died Friday when a woman suicide bomber blew herself up in a jihadist attack on a village in northern Cameroon, a traditional chief and a police officer said.

7 January

Africa

A Cameroonian policeman and a gendarme securing the perimeter of a polling station in Lysoka, near Buea, southwestern Cameroon, on October 7, 2018.

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Bomb Kills Four Soldiers, One Civilian in Cameroon

Four soldiers and a civilian were killed Wednesday when an official convoy was hit by makeshift explosives in a restive English-speaking region of Cameroon, the government said.

4 January

Africa

Staff Writer With AFP